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Interesting that China's imports of Russian aircraft engines peaked in the late 2010s/early 2020s. I would have guessed sooner. WS-10 took a long time but once it got operational on a mass scale, there's no going back.
China also refused to sign the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, despite various Kremlim spokespeople pretending China would. That makes sense. Why lock yourself into a foreign country for so much of your energy? China didn't repeat the mistake Germany made. And domestic renewable energy is better anyway for national security.
But without arms and energy, what will Russia export to China? Food?
China needs to stockpile more Russian agricultural products which is another way of reducing reliance on US wheat, and soy beans, thereby increasing leverage during trade talks.