R E S E A R C H PA P E R Relations between Belarus and China in 2020-2022: What Lies Behind the“All-Weather Partnership” RELATIONS BETWEEN BELARUS AND CHINA IN 2020-2022: WHAT LIES BEHIND THE“ALL-WEATHER PARTNERSHIP” Andrei Yeliseyeu, Olga Aleszko-Lessels December 2022 Credit and investment cooperation between Belarus and China has decreased since 2020. Minsk and Beijing maintain a "strategic silence" with regard to the stagnation in their economic cooperation, while continuing their active political dialogue. In the state press, the ruling regime's political agenda has completely replaced objective coverage of bilateral relations. 1