While China and Russia already form a powerful bloc on the U.N. Security Council , the warmer ties are also evidence of their perceived need to countervail a U.S.-led dominance in global affairs . Xi Jinping to his first foreign visit to Moscow on Saturday . The choice is symbolic and demonstrates warming ties between the two countries . Trade between the two countries reached $ 88.1 billion in 2014 . Officials hope Moscow and China will ink long - stalled infrastructure projects .
Xi Jinping to his first foreign visit to Moscow on Saturday . The choice is symbolic and demonstrates warming ties between the two countries . Trade between the two countries reached $ 88.1 billion in 2014 . Officials hope Moscow and China will ink long - stalled infrastructure projects .