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==== Russia ====
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The end of the long-held animosity between [[Moscow]] and Beijing was marked by the visit to China by Soviet [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|General Secretary]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] in 1989. After the 1991 demise of the [[Soviet Union]], China's relations with Russia and the former states of the Soviet Union became more amicable as the conflicting ideologies of the two vast nations no longer stood in the way. A new round of bilateral agreements was signed during reciprocal head of state visits. As in the early 1950s with the Soviet Union, Russia has again become an important source of [[military technology]] for China, as well as for [[raw material]]s and [[trade]]. Friendly relations with Russia have been an important advantage for China, offsetting its often uneasy relations with the U.S.