Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Jumpin said:

Does anyone have any well written articles about the China-Russia situation?
From what I've been hearing, China in the past few months, especially in the past two weeks, have been distancing themselves and cutting economic ties to Russia while improving their relations with the west, such as cutting off ties between Chinese suppliers and organized crime.
This is linked to the improving economic situations in the West this year versus the worsening economic situation in Russia and China.

That's the gist of what I've been hearing, but I can't find any good sources that draws it all together. Just a lot of wordy-articles that report these things in isolation.

The WSJ does a lot of that big picture journalism, but i don't have a subscription.  Another good bet might be The Guardian.