This paper tries to apply defensive realism theory toe analyze the new development of 2014 Sino-Russian strategic cooperation and its implications on the trilateral tension between China, Russia and the United States. January of 2014, the outbreak of internal crisis in Ukraine provided Russia an opportunity to merge Crimea peninsula. The United States and Europe accused Russia of trying to split Ukraine and starting to adopt sanction strategies to constrain Russia’s ambition for territorial expansion in itsneighboring countries. Confronting such dilemma, Russian President Vladimir Putin visit to China, seeking for opportunity to reinforcing bilateral relations, in order to relieve the pressure from sanctions. Due to the United States cannot effectively convince all EU countries to participate in sanctions against Russia, which letting Putin have the room to maneuver policy influences on the conflict issue of Ukraine. While at the same time, China, who was trying to resist or attempt to break the United States’ Policy of “Asia Rebalancing”, has adopt a rather tougher attitude toward the United States in the territorial waters dispute. China and Russia in 2014 upgraded the China-Russia strategic cooperative partnership to a new stage, not only strengthen bilateral friendly relations, but also can balance the trilateral tension between China, Russia on the one side, and the United States on the another side, this is the current bilateral preferred strategy for China and Russia.