“Why Russia Fears China” – strange title, good discussion

The title is strange because Russia is a low-trust society. They fear everybody. They are trying to destroy everyone, and they assume everyone else is trying to do the same.

The short version of the article is that Russia is trying to diversify ties to other Asian countries for fear of being too dependent upon China.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-15/putin-fearing-russian-subservience-to-china-casts-wider-asia-net