China → Russia
This score represents China's relationship toward Russia. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
Current component scores
Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.
1 documented factor produce the +25 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +25New-era strategic coordination deepensActive event · 2022
The leaders expand strategic, economic, security and global-governance coordination in a wide-ranging joint statement.
Coverage gap: The reviewed 2015 record documents extensive strategic-security coordination, but no frozen v1 positive Security rule matched a non-allied partnership without an operational bilateral guardrail.
5 documented factors produce the +73 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +17.9State visit deepens strategic coordinationBaseline rule · 2015
The presidents issued a detailed joint statement covering bilateral, regional and global cooperation.
- +9Dense standing bilateral mechanismsBaseline rule · 2015
The statement records continuing leader, government, legislative, regional and sectoral cooperation mechanisms.
- +31.4Comprehensive strategic partnership is a foreign-policy priorityBaseline rule · 2015
Both governments identify deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination as a continuing foreign-policy priority.
- +10New-era strategic coordination deepensActive event · 2022
The leaders expand strategic, economic, security and global-governance coordination in a wide-ranging joint statement.
- +5Friendship treaty extendedActive event · 2026
The leaders extend the bilateral treaty and sign twenty cooperation documents across trade, education, science and technology.
4 documented factors produce the +53 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +13.4Institutional economic and energy cooperationBaseline rule · 2015
The joint statement documents standing mechanisms and concrete projects across trade, investment, energy, transport and technology.
- +20Bilateral trade thresholdBaseline rule · 2015
Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.
- +15New-era strategic coordination deepensActive event · 2022
The leaders expand strategic, economic, security and global-governance coordination in a wide-ranging joint statement.
- +5Friendship treaty extendedActive event · 2026
The leaders extend the bilateral treaty and sign twenty cooperation documents across trade, education, science and technology.
4 documented factors produce the +79 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +9Sustained multilateral coordinationBaseline rule · 2015
The statement commits the countries to coordinate across the UN, BRICS, SCO, G20 and multiple regional security questions.
- +44.8Broad strategic alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
Joint commitments cover national security, foreign-policy coordination and the international order across multiple theatres.
- +15United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- +10New-era strategic coordination deepensActive event · 2022
The leaders expand strategic, economic, security and global-governance coordination in a wide-ranging joint statement.
1 documented factor produce the +13 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +13.4Settled and cooperative bilateral borderBaseline rule · 2015
The governments describe their border as stable and cooperative and maintain a joint boundary commission.
2 documented factors produce the +23 societal assessment.
Why this score?
- +17.9National youth and media exchange programmesBaseline rule · 2015
The statement expands the China–Russia Youth Friendly Exchange Years and prepares a national media exchange year.
- +5Friendship treaty extendedActive event · 2026
The leaders extend the bilateral treaty and sign twenty cooperation documents across trade, education, science and technology.
+31 in 2015 → +47 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
4 points
China → Russia and Russia → China remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
New-era strategic coordination deepens
The leaders expand strategic, economic, security and global-governance coordination in a wide-ranging joint statement.
Friendship treaty extended
The leaders extend the bilateral treaty and sign twenty cooperation documents across trade, education, science and technology.
This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.
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