Pro-West media hunt for fissures in China, Russia ties as Beijing, Moscow hike trade volume

That was just another political talk show on Russian TV, and, to make things lively, the editors rolled out a question list to all the attendees: Is China a sincere and powerful friend to Moscow in the current crisis, or is it a very fickle friend not to be trusted? War, sanctions and a global crisis made such shows an intermittent fixture on all the main channels of Russian TV. Basically, they are all alike. Experts on foreign policy, military questions and economy, are standing or sitting in a circle and exchanging opinions. Not every channel had such shows in…