Russia and China Unite Against US in 'No Limits' Partnership
By: Thomson/Reuters
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Russia and China Unite Against US in 'No Limits' Partnership
China and Russia proclaimed a deep strategic alliance on Friday to balance what they portrayed as the malign global influence of the United States as China's President Xi Jinping hosted Russia's Vladimir Putin on the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In a joint statement, the two countries affirmed that their new relationship was superior to any political or military alliance of the Cold War era.
"Friendship between the two States has no limits, there are no 'forbidden' areas of cooperation," they declared, announcing plans to work together in a host of areas including space, climate change, artificial intelligence and control of the Internet.
The agreement and its symbolic timing - at a China-hosted Olympics that the United States has subjected to a diplomatic boycott - marked the strongest evidence yet of how the two giant neighbors are cementing their ties at a time of deep tensions in their relations with Washington.
Each backed the other on key points at the heart of those tensions:
- -Russia voiced its support for China's stance that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and opposition to any form of independence for the island. Moscow and Beijing also voiced their opposition to the AUKUS alliance between Australia, Britain and the United States, saying it increased the danger of an arms race in the region.
- -China joined Russia in calling for an end to NATO enlargement and supported its demand for security guarantees from the West - issues at the heart of Moscow's confrontation with the United States and its allies over Ukraine.
The two countries expressed concern about "the advancement of U.S. plans to develop global missile defense and deploy its elements in various regions of the world, combined with capacity building of high-precision non-nuclear weapons for disarming strikes and other strategic objectives."
Elsewhere, without naming Washington, they criticized attempts by "certain states" to establish global hegemony, fan confrontation and impose their own standards of democracy.
Dmitri Trenin of the Carnegie Moscow Center said the statement marked an important evolution in ties and "takes Sino-Russian entente to the level of a common front to push back against U.S. pressure on Russia and China in Europe, Asia and globally."
TECH AND ENERGY
In the technology arena, Russia and China said they were ready to strengthen cooperation on artificial intelligence and information security.
They said they believed that "any attempts to limit their sovereign right to regulate national segments of the Internet and ensure their security are unacceptable."
Meanwhile Russian state energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft on Friday agreed new gas and oil supply deals with Beijing worth tens of billions of dollars.
The deals capitalize on Putin's drive to diversify Russian energy exports away from the West, which started shortly after he came to power in 1999. Since then Russia has become China's top energy supplier and cut its reliance on the West for revenues.
The Kremlin said the presidents also discussed the need to broaden trade in national currencies because of unpredictability surrounding the use of the dollar.
U.S. President Joe Biden has said Russian companies could be cut off from the ability to trade in dollars as part of sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine.
Moscow denies any such intention, but has used a build-up of more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine's border to grab the attention of the West and press its demands for security guarantees.
The Chinese gas supplies are not directly linked with Russian gas exports to Europe, and more Russian gas for Beijing does not automatically mean less for Europe. However, they serve Putin as an addition revenue cushion amid the rising threat of U.S. and EU sanctions.
© 2022 Thomson/Reuters.
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Obama, congressional democrats, and Biden get full credit for pushing Russia into the clutches of the evil empire, the genocidal China regime.
Comment 2 is a display of propagandistic disinformation and total ignorance.
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[Perrie has already informed xx that "creative mimicry" - quoting another member's words back at them with a one or a few key words changed - is trolling and will be ticketed as such.]
Comment 2 is the absolute truth and Biden voters are directly and personally responsible for enabling this foreign policy disaster to befall America and the free world.
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Careful. The Bidenites will have you take you as a political prisoner. Much like their ally Xi Jinping does.
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There is no difference between them.
I have faith that Joe will fix it.
Without a doubt…not!
It on his To Do list right after "ending the pandemic" and securing the southern border.
And don't forget finding the cure for cancer
And he will likely be even less successful than he’s been with the above so far. Let’s go Brandon!
is that even possible?
With let’s go Brandon, any negative result worse than past ones is always possible, even probable.
Have faith, he has Kalamata looking for the root cause of all the issues.
Oh, I’m so not assured by by that. That will not help me sleep better at night…
I just wonder how much Hunter and Joe were paid to push Russia diplomatically and through propaganda right into the open arms of the CCP. Oh and then he allows Russia to build a dirty natural gas pipeline while laying off thousands of well paid Americans who were securing north American energy independence before Brandon