Relying on this approach, Putin has built alliances with the likes of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and Egypt’s military ruler Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. China, the world’s second largest economy, is a useful addition to this collection of friendly anti-democratic states, as it has its own strategic grievances with the West.
依靠这种方法，普京已与叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德和埃及军事统治者阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·塞西结成联盟。全世界第二大经济体中国因为有其自身对西方的战略不满，成为对友好反民主国家联盟的有益补充。