title: Sino–Russian Relations, the Ukraine War and Trump as a Challenge: The Eventual Test of ‘No-Limits Friendship’
abstract: In this article, we will analyse carefully the recent ceremonial manifestations of Sino–Russian joint statements and illustrate that the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is a kind of stress test of their relationship. The new Sino–Russian relationship of the Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin era rests on a solid foundation—the common goal of resisting the hegemonic policies of the United States and Western values of liberalism. However, closer observation of this foundation reveals that it is built on a 