HEIHE, China—Years of investment in cities along the China-Russia border were intended to open the door to mutual prosperity and close partnership between the two global powers.

The potholed streets, stray dogs and empty storefronts of Heihe, on the border in China’s far north, are more reminiscent of a declining U.S.…

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