2018 is turning out to be an eventful year for China and Russia. In face of the profound changes in the international order, as well as the pressure and containment from the U.S., China and Russia are committed to the goal of win-win development and are determined to safeguard international fairness and justice, world peace and stability

The standstill agreement reached between the United States and China on 1 December 2018 on the sidelines of the G-20 meetings has brought the much-needed breather for these two countries and the rest of the world. Both the countries agreed not to impose any tariffs for the next 90 days. However, this temporary truce does very little to resolve the deeper trade problems in their relationship and seems to be a more short-term political agreement than a substantive step towards the resolution of the existing problems

Russia considers China its leading partner, and not just in terms of partners Moscow has outside the West, Assistant Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexander Venediktov told Sputnik in an interview, noting the high level of bilateral ties

French companies are interested to participate in the Russia-China long-range wide-body aircraft project, Director of International Cooperation of French Civil Aviation Authority Bertrand de Lacombe said

Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said that the Chinese side had confirmed the possibility of supplies

INDRA, a joint bi-annual military exercise held from December 9-16, 2018 aims to increase interoperability amongst the two navies, develop common understanding and procedures for maritime security operations