China provides rhetorical cover for Russia and their 'new model of international relations' - TheBlaze

China provides rhetorical cover for Russia and their 'new model of international relations' - TheBlaze: 

Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said, “An important takeaway from the success of China-Russia relations is that the two sides rise above the model of military and political alliance in the Cold War era.”

Zhao suggested that China and Russia are able to collaborate so effectively because the countries and their leadership “commit themselves to developing a new model of international relations.”