China’s leader Xi Jinping departed from Moscow this week after 2 days of closed door meetings with President Putin with this highly suspect goodbye;
“Now there are changes that haven’t happened in 100 years. When we are together, we drive these changes,” Xi said.
What’s Xi talking about?
Well both nations see themselves wading deeper in a conflict against America and the West.
Both see themselves pursuing an agenda against free and Liberal democracies, in favour of autocracies that pursue so called spheres of influence, without interference from outside.
China and Russia wish to replace the U.S. dollar as the global currency, and to ween themselves from American trade.
Both nations are bent on replacing the U.S. as the global super power and are arming themselves for larger wars.
Russia can’t do it fast enough, because it’s pouring all its efforts currently into Ukraine, but Putin openly expresses hatred towards American European values.
But he is slowly bankrupting his country and some say mortgaging the Kremlin to China, and soon Xi will be Russia’s only significant trading partner, and there will be a price to be paid for that.
China is not turning back from it’s goal of taking Taiwan, even if it means armed conflict with NATO and America, and the time is growing short.
The West see’s Ukraine as the place to break Russia’s ambitions of an empire, and to stop Putin from going beyond. And many argue to see this as only a regional conflict would be wishful naive thinking placing other parts of Europe in Putin’s cross hairs.
On Back Story this week two guests with views on China-Russia and the war in Ukraine.
Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute (Ret) is the former U.S. Rep in NATO.
And, we have Debra Cagan who is highly respected as a former National Security expert, and Russia expert.
I recommend you take time to listen to them. Deep insight on Back Story.
The podcast link for audio only is here if you cut and past into your browser or alternatively you can watch the video if you wish.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1016881/12493561