To add some context, Russia still surprisingly has trade surplus with China. From the CNN article about this:
That included a surge of exports from China to Russia, which jumped 63.2% from a year ago to reach $71.8 billion. Imports into China rose at a more modest 13.3% to $83.3 billion.
To add some context, Russia still surprisingly has trade surplus with China. From the CNN article about this:
Probably because of fuel sales.
China is getting fucktons of cheap gas, oil, rare earths and other resources out of Russia. As Russia has no actual products to sell.
That was my first thought: oil and gas don’t come in containers.