The entire Western-led global economic order is designed to pry open new markets, especially ones that provide important resources. That's why it's sometimes called neo-imperialism. China has become a major power with the aid of that economic system and is now inexorably tied to it. The fact that it has a lot of natural resources is incidental. It followed a very similar development strategy to Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore - all economically thriving countries that lack natural resources. Russia on the other hand has become severely diminished by it's inability to integrate into that economic system. It's biggest exports are natural resources, much like any given developing country.

I think any sober assessment of which regions will achieve or maintain economic preeminence in the coming decades would have to include Europe and almost certainly exclude Russia.