William de Berg In 2000, Russia was flat on its back after the fall of the Soviet Union and the rape of its economy by Western-backed oligarchs, while China was still emerging from decades of impoverishment created by disastrous communist economic policies.   Western companies were pervading each nation, and unrest funded by Western intelligence agencies was popping up all around them. But by 2020 China was the leading trading partner to over 80% of the world and at the forefront of most technological fields, while Russia and China were both…