Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

The map below shows the location of Beijing and Moscow. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

With Western sanctions cutting off supplies, China has become Russia’s sole source of critical minerals used in weapons ...

The two leaders have developed strong personal ties that helped boost relations between Moscow and Beijing, growing even closer after Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022.