Fw: China/Russia

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From: alert@stratfor.com <alert@stratfor.com>
To: redalert@stratfor.com <redalert@stratfor.com>
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2000 03:38 AM
Subject: China/Russia

>STRATFOR.COM Global Intelligence Update
>24 February 2000
>
>
>Sino-Russian Strategic Alliance Slowed by Internal Issues
>
>Summary
>
>Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan is scheduled to travel to
>Moscow Feb. 28 to discuss Sino-Russian relations. He will also
>prepare for an anticipated summit between Chinese President
Jiang
>Zemin and acting Russian President Vladimir Putin - if Putin
wins
>the March presidential elections. Confusion and ambiguity have
>surrounded the potential Putin-Jiang summit, as domestic
concerns,
>particularly in China, have distracted the countries in their
>movement toward a strategic partnership. Unconfirmed reports
assert
>that China's top leaders were caught off guard by former
Russian
>President Boris Yeltsin's resignation, demonstrating that while
the
>two nations may share a strategic interest in creating a multi-
>polar world, a disconnect remains between the nations' domestic
>interests.
>
Yeah, yeah, Jon Tuffley knew about this years ago....