Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow reinforces China and weakens Russia

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sian military campaign in Ukraine.What, then, will the sides do at the talks in Moscow? Most likely, both sides, Russia and China, acting each in their interest, will try to blackmail the current U.S. administration with this visit.Putin: if the White House does not withdraw its support for Ukraine and make peace on its terms, Russia will become China’s anti-American ally.Xi Jinping: if the White House continues the anti-Chinese line in its foreign policy, China together with Russia will form an anti-American military-political bloc. In which China is the rider to Russia, and Russia is China’s saddled horse.Compared to Russia, China has more space for maneuvering. That is, the visit of Xi Jinping and his talks with Vladimir Putin will not prevent the Chinese from possible subsequent steps towards rapprochement with the United States at the expense of Russia, while further rapprochement of Russia with China, or, frankly, putting Russia under China, narrows, if not eliminates its opportunities for restoring relations with the United States.A

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ccording to the mainstream version, Xi Jinping’s current visit to Russia was prompted by U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s refusal to visit China in early February. The visit was supposed to formalize the rapprochement between the U.S. and China according to the agreements reached during the meeting between Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden at the G20 Summit in Indonesia in November 2022. Mr. Blinken’s cancellation of the trip followed a questionable story about the shooting down of a Chinese balloon over U.S. territory. Doubtful, because either some forces in China provoked this situation to disrupt the rapprochement between China and the U.S., or the same certain forces in the U.S. itself, not wanting rapprochement with China, organized the shooting down of the blimp, although previously the flights of such blimps were not paid attention. (Keep in mind the different views on the foreign policy plots of the CIA and the Pentagon). After such a demonstrative move by the US, Xi Jinping may well have decided to make an equally demonstrative move showing his big pathetic visit to rogue Russia.</article></body>

Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow reinforces China and weakens Russia

China does not really want an early end to the conflict in Ukraine and in its overall settlement in general, as many experts and the media say now.

A rapid end of the conflict in Ukraine will automatically lead to increased U.S. pressure on China in the Pacific.

China’s President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow will take place on March 20–22, 2023. Despite high expectations in the Kremlin of this trip, the parties are unlikely to hold any serious discussions on a peace process in Ukraine.

According to diplomatic sources in Russia Xi Jinping at previous meetings with the Kremlin Sherpas (Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, also former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev) set the conditions for Vladimir Putin: China stands ready to provide economic assistance and sanctions relief in exchange for a full stop to the Russian military campaign in Ukraine.

What, then, will the sides do at the talks in Moscow? Most likely, both sides, Russia and China, acting each in their interest, will try to blackmail the current U.S. administration with this visit.

Putin: if the White House does not withdraw its support for Ukraine and make peace on its terms, Russia will become China’s anti-American ally.

Xi Jinping: if the White House continues the anti-Chinese line in its foreign policy, China together with Russia will form an anti-American military-political bloc. In which China is the rider to Russia, and Russia is China’s saddled horse.

Compared to Russia, China has more space for maneuvering. That is, the visit of Xi Jinping and his talks with Vladimir Putin will not prevent the Chinese from possible subsequent steps towards rapprochement with the United States at the expense of Russia, while further rapprochement of Russia with China, or, frankly, putting Russia under China, narrows, if not eliminates its opportunities for restoring relations with the United States.

According to the mainstream version, Xi Jinping’s current visit to Russia was prompted by U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s refusal to visit China in early February. The visit was supposed to formalize the rapprochement between the U.S. and China according to the agreements reached during the meeting between Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden at the G20 Summit in Indonesia in November 2022. Mr. Blinken’s cancellation of the trip followed a questionable story about the shooting down of a Chinese balloon over U.S. territory. Doubtful, because either some forces in China provoked this situation to disrupt the rapprochement between China and the U.S., or the same certain forces in the U.S. itself, not wanting rapprochement with China, organized the shooting down of the blimp, although previously the flights of such blimps were not paid attention. (Keep in mind the different views on the foreign policy plots of the CIA and the Pentagon). After such a demonstrative move by the US, Xi Jinping may well have decided to make an equally demonstrative move showing his big pathetic visit to rogue Russia.