The US-based Strategic News Network published an article titled "China and Russia Going Against the World Trend," which details the frictions between China and Russia caused by weapon imitation issues in recent years. The article goes on to claim that the efforts of China and Russia to accelerate the modernization of their own armed forces are nothing short of "plagiarism." In the end, the article concludes that Russia is powerless against China's rapid advancements in national defense construction.
The article states that since the early 1990s, weapons export trade between Russia and China has been very active, reaching a peak at one point...