Russia's burgeoning friendship with China is a neat match of the world's biggest energy producer and its biggest energy consumer. And not only does China have the cash to buy Russian oil, gas, steel, and aluminum just as fast as it can be pumped or mined - but it attaches no tiresome lecture on the evils of fossil fuels or authoritarian rule to its payment. Why wouldn't Russia choose friends in Beijing rather than in Europe?
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