The U.S. Wants to Contain Russia But Cooperate With China
The U.S. government believes that, as the inheritor of tsarist Russia and Soviet Union, Russia has expansionist and hegemonic traditions that China doesn't have. It believes Russia always has policies that challenge and attempt to supplant the existing international order while China doesn't. In many circumstances, China sees itself as a beneficiary of the current international order.
Zheng Yu, ContributorProfessor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing