23.03.2023
The Xi-P meeting came to an end just as U.S. Secretary of State Blinken went to Congress to testify. Blinken said on Wednesday (22nd) that he has not yet seen China actually providing lethal assistance to Russia. He also said allowing Russia to aggress against its neighbors with impunity would “open a Pandora’s box” for potential future aggressors. What does China say about China-Russia friendship?
(Deutsche Welle Chinese Network) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday (March 22) that the United States is currently facing two major tests. long-term challenges. Blinken argued that China and Russia have very different worldviews from the United States,Forged a “strategic marriage” between China and Russia; In this relationship, Russia is China’s lesser “little partner”.
According to an Agence France-Presse report on the 22nd, Blinken believes that China is promoting a “non-free” worldview and wants to replace the international order dominated by the United States; however, Blinken said that Russian President Vladimir Putin may not want order at all, what he wants is “I’m afraid” It’s chaos in the world.” Prior to this, the United States and its NATO allies had repeatedly issued warnings that China might be considering providing lethal assistance to Russia. In response, Blinken said on the 22nd that “we haven’t seen them cross that line yet.”
“I think their (China) diplomatic, political and to some extent material support for Russia is certainly not in our interest, and what we want is to stop the war,” Blinken said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on March 20.
U.S. Secretary of State Eyes China, Russia Threat
As the Xi-President meeting ended, Blinken attended hearings of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee respectively on Wednesday to explain the US budget for fiscal year 2024.The budget, introduced in early March, has a defense budget of more than $840 billion, plusProvide funds to combat China’s “questionable behavior” around the world and strengthen its presence in the Indo-Pacific regionto counter China’s influence in the Pacific island countries.
“The post-Cold War world is over, and serious competition has begun, influencing and shaping what comes next,” Blinken said, according to a statement released by the U.S. State Department. “America holds an optimistic vision for the future: a free, secure , open and prosperous world.”
Over the past year, the Russo-Ukrainian war has triggered reflections from all walks of life, worrying about whether it will affect China’s process of unifying Taiwan. Reuters quoted Blinken as saying at a Senate hearing that if the world allowed Russia to aggress against its neighbors without accountability, it would “open a Pandora’s box” for potential future aggressors and lead to a “world of conflict.” “. In other words, the situation in Ukraine will not only affect Ukraine, but “will also have a profound impact on Asia.”
According to Taiwan’s Central News Agency, Republican Senator Bill Hagerty asked Blinken at the hearing whether he agreed with CIA Director William Burns’ assessment that theThe Chinese People’s Liberation Army will be able to attack Taiwan by 2027. Blinken agrees.
Chinese foreign minister: China and Russia are ‘friends of gentlemen’
Recently, China has actively acted as a peacemaker in the Russia-Ukraine war and proposed a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine.China’s official media Xinhua News Agency announced on the 22ndSino-Russian joint statement following Xi-P meeting broadly reiterates claims of the peace plansaying that the problem should be resolved through political and diplomatic means, but the text did not see the long-term demands of the United States and Ukraine: pressuring Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
In the face of European and American doubts about Sino-Russian friendship, China continues to emphasize “persuading peace and promoting talks.” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby criticized China’s position on the Russia-Ukraine issue on the 21st as “not fair” in any way; in response to this, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin responded on the 22nd, saying that China has “no selfishness.” And criticize the United States: “Is it fair to continuously send weapons to the battlefield? Is it fair to let the conflict continue to escalate? Is it fair to let the impact of the crisis spill over to the world?”
The picture shows Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang attending the press conference of the National People’s Congress on March 7.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang explained the situation of the Xi-Pup meeting on the 22nd. He described the “gentlemen’s friendship” between China and Russia as “in stark contrast to those closed, exclusive, selfish and narrow-minded group politics”, and implicitly criticized the US-led democratic alliance system. Qin Gang said: “The main contradiction in the world today is not at all the so-called ‘democracy versus authoritarianism’ exaggerated by individual countries, but the struggle between development and containment of development, between justice and power.”
(comprehensive report)
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