| | | (2) In case of doubt, Team China making clear, that for whatever reasons, but likely because China-China-China is under active attack, such that China shall as always with commitments of strategic anything, stand back to back with Russia
China's needs are real, for food, energy, and peace along the longest land border in the world between two nuclear-armed sovereigns, one needing commerce, and the other needing same commerce.
Let's see how the EU folks fare by p*ssing off their important supplier.
Whether China wise or not, I remain agnostic. However, I do note that it remains to be seen whether trade wars are easy to win, especially if played by a distracted and ideological team that does not appreciate the Art of the Deal. Just saying.
bloomberg.com
China Says It Will Keep Strengthening Strategic Ties With Russia
Daniel Ten Kate
20 April 2022, 08:26 GMT+8
China will continue strengthening strategic ties with Russia, a senior diplomat said, showing the relationship remains solid despite growing concerns over war crimes in Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng called for deepening ties in a range of fields during a meeting on Monday in Beijing with Russian envoy Andrey Ivanovich Denisov, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement. He said that a nearly 30% jump in trade between the nations during the first three months of 2022 demonstrate “the great resilience and internal dynamism of bilateral cooperation.”
“No matter how the international landscape may change, China will continue to strengthen strategic coordination with Russia for win-win cooperation, jointly safeguard the common interests of the two countries and promote the building of a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind,” Le said in the statement released late on Tuesday.
Denisov said Russia regards relations with China as a “diplomatic priority,” the statement said. |
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