By 2006, however, the mutually beneficial export-import relationship between Russia and China had begun to shift.
China’s share dropped to below 25 per cent between 2007 and 2009.
Moreover, since 2010, the share has halved again to approximately 10 per cent.
By that time, however, Russia had consolidated some of its other traditional markets in countries such as India and Algeria and received large orders from newer markets, such as Venezuela.
Improvements in the Russian economy also meant that its military spending began to allow for larger orders for its domestic arms industry, reducing the need for exports.
\n China’s shift away from Russian exports was in part linked to its own growing manufacturing capabilities.
Moreover, Chinese submarines sported features of the Russian Project-877 and Project-636 Kilo class submarines supplied by Russia.
\nChina also started to field its own advanced weapons, such as the Jian-10 (J‑10) and J-11 combat aircraft, various air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, and several types of warship.
In this one area, imports of helicopters from Russia have remained significant (see table below; data from the SIPRI Arms Transfers Dataabse, received 2017). Provide two versions of response separated with exactly 6 asterisk symbols: ******.
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