Thats something most Chinese members here dont seem to recognize.lool They tend to see Russia as some sort of benevolent saint,non aggressive,peaceful innocent country being bullied by the evil west/U.S.lol Even the Russians will laugh at this unflattering remarks.

Russia is only acting 'less' agressive simply because its now weak and doesn't have the power/influence to act the way it wants(like it did in the past). The day Russia once again gets the upper hand, then China will still be the first country to suffer from Moscow's military might, like it has for much of the past century.

If anything, if i was Chinese i will despise Russia even more than Japan, since at least Japan came and left Chinas territory intact, while Russia hold almost all Chinese territory(more than the size of all western Europe combined.lol) which it had seized during that period to this day
Truth is that China still holds so much grudge against Russia simply because Japan is an Asian country close to it culturally/linguistically/racially etc and much smaller, so the fact that Japan defeated and invaded China during the second world war hurts Chinese pride so much, meanwhile Russia, Britain,U.S and other western powers are far from China and not related to China in any way, so the shame isn't that blatant/hurtful like being invaded by a fellow Asian country and a small one at that.
For example the Indians are still but hurt/despise the Chinese so much even today because they were defeated by them in 1962, but they still regard Britain who colonized and ruled them for over a century more favorably and less controversial than China. Another irony.lol