No surprises there. Russia has been shunned by NATO for the last 10 years (and rightly so), while China seeks to counterbalance America's influence. But here's the thing - Russia has a terrible, sagging economy, which is only going to get worse in the next 10 years (think natural gas delivery obligations to the EU and the fact that the US seems to control, in one way or anotherm most of the natural gas sources in Russia's reach, which in turn means that Russia will not be able to deliver what has been contracted with the EU). Even though China is rapidly expanding, there's a huge standard of living gap and even the communist party is preparing for unrest. The Chinese have a nice history of various revolutions (like the Taiping Civil War - oh, what fun that was). So.......... all in all it's not something to loose your sleep over
