Faced with Trump’s return, Beijing could draw inspiration from Russia’s “resilience model”

The announcement of Donald Trump’s return to the presidency of the United States resulted in a surprising turnaround: while China’s sustained growth has long made Moscow salivate, Chinese researchers are recommending their government to draw inspiration from the Russian model of resilience to Western sanctions, as explained by South China Morning Post (SCMP) :

“The decoupling, disruption and stifling of industrial chains is likely to become the norm in future great power rivalries.”

It is from this observation, specifies the SCMP, that two authors from the Institute of Industrial Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhang Qizai and Chen Hanxue, published an article in the latest issue of the journal Eluosi Dong’ou Zhongya Yanjiu (“Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies”) – which article has been widely shared on Chinese social networks since the announcement of the results of the American presidential election.

Take advantage of “dedollarization”

Researchers urge China to “preparing for risks by taking inspiration from Russia, whose industrial chains have demonstrated strong resilience in the face of extreme sanctions”, continues