Saturday, June 8, 2019

Is Russia Interested In A Deep Alliance With China?

Krenlin.ru

Bruno Maçães, Moscow Times: Is Russia Having Second Thoughts About Integration With China?

President Xi Jinping’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg happens at a critical moment in the relations between the two countries.

The last few years made possible a significant rapprochement, but the potential for sudden shifts cannot be excluded.

Everything seems in flux at the moment. Will the two countries move even closer together — is an Eastern Alliance possible? — or will China’s rise face new resistance in this area as well — problems it is now facing almost everywhere?

Beijing has been extraordinarily successful in managing Russia, perhaps the most brilliant success of Chinese foreign policy in recent years. But in the recent Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, president Putin poured some cold water on the Eastern Alliance.

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WNU editor: Moscow's policy towards China has been consistent under Putin for the decade or two. Sell China energy and other resources. Sell some military weapon systems. Negotiate investments in large resource projects. Find some common ground to circumvent U.S. dominance in financial networks, and to counterbalance U.S. dominance on geopolitical issues. And that is about it. There is no interest in Russia to form a deeper alliance with China.,

4 comments:

Jb said...

The earth could have been free without world leaders and lies

Antitroll said...

Mainly American and Israel

Bob Huntley said...

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fred said...

and comments would be more sensible without the shit boiler plate stuff from antitroll
ok gutsy. you dislike two places. Now tell us what Nirvana-like place you live in to churn out your silliness? oh. not brave enough for that, right?