The picture shows Putin and Xi Jinping shaking hands at the graduation ceremony of Tsinghua University on the second day of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on April 26, 2019. (Credit: Kenzaburo Fukuhara-Pool/Getty Images)
[See China March 20, 2022](See a comprehensive report by Chinese reporter Miao Wei) The United States and China held a new round of visits to Xi Jinping recently.UkraineThe crisis had a pivotal discussion, and the meeting with Xi attracted worldwide attention.Some analysts believe that the CCP andRussiaTo what extent should the relationship be tied, and how to find a secure diplomatic gap between the West and Russia?Xi JinpingIt is a major political test, supporting Russia’s missteps or endangering the CCP regime.
On March 18, the heads of state of the United States and China, Biden and Xi Jinping, held talks for nearly two hours. Biden clearly warned “if China (CCP) provides material support to Russia, it will face the impact and consequences.” The Xinhua news agency’s press release mentioned that Xi Jinping said that “the situation in Ukraine has developed to this point, which China does not want to see” and that “state relations cannot go to the stage of military confrontation.” Participating in diplomatic mediation shows that the CCP has always evaded the question of whether to aid Russia.
The big publicity “Duoweiwang” quoted an article on the WeChat public account, pointing out that the main purpose of the call with Xi Jinping is to continue to create pressure on China by taking advantage of the situation in Russia and Ukraine, which is mainly reflected in four aspects: continue to turn pressure and international attention to China; serve the United States Game strategy against China; create a strong posture of the US leader; alienate China and Russia. The outside world believes that the point of view of publicity has exposed the real concerns of the CCP.
After the visit to Xi Jinping, the outside world is concerned about whether Xi Jinping will cut off with Russia to avoid being dragged down by Russia’s sanctions?
The German “Daily Mirror” headlined “China is on Russia’s side – for now”. The article pointed out that the United States is putting pressure on Beijing, and the CCP is actually worried that supporting Russia will damage relations with Western countries.
The longer the war lasts, the more likely Xi Jinping will turn his back on Putin. Just the night before Xi Jinping’s meeting with Biden, Chinese state TV news reported for the first time that Ukrainians who were queuing to buy bread were attacked by Russian troops and 10 people were killed, which was very noticeable. Even a sober and calculating politician will struggle to remain neutral in the face of an aggressor who commits crimes day in and day out. The article believes that the CCP may soon join the ranks of the West in condemning Russia.
However, the French Guangguang quoted a comment that: Although Blinken, Sullivan and others almost scolded the CCP for warning signs before the call, Xi Jinping’s increasingly nationalist tone in foreign policy shows that he will not succumb to pressure from the United States, but also seeks to keep its options open and avoid going beyond its own areas of interest.
“DW” quoted an analysis that the alliance with Putin on the eve of Russia’s invasion can be said to be Xi Jinping’s biggest failure in foreign policy. And today’s “line revision” is very likely to bring shame to Xi Jinping himself. If Putin’s defeat in Ukraine is too embarrassing, Xi’s authority will be affected even more.
The big stick of US sanctions against Russia seems to have deterred the CCP elite. Earlier, the “Nihon Keizai Shimbun” disclosed that with the deterioration of the war between Russia and Ukraine, divisions have emerged within Zhongnanhai, because many princelings, the second generation of the red generation and other CCP dignitaries have property in the West and are afraid of being sanctioned.
Current affairs commentator Hao Ping wrote in an article that 2022 is the year of the re-election of the CCP’s Political Bureau and the year of Xi Jinping’s re-election. Its political significance is unmatched by anything else for Xi Jinping. At present, Xi’s re-election does not seem to be a problem, but the attacks of anti-Xi factions have not stopped. Recently, Jiang’s faction turned against Xi’s forces by throwing out an old article by Wu Jianmin, a former diplomat of the Communist Party of China, which stated that Jiang Zemin chose the United States after the 9/11 incident. The circulation of Wu Jianmin’s old texts undoubtedly implies that Xi Jinping made a major misjudgment in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Hao Ping said that the extent to which relations with Russia are tied and how to find a secure diplomatic gap between the West and Russia is a major political test for Xi Jinping. If the support of Russia leads to a face-off with the United States and sanctions, it will become a huge “black swan” that affects the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and will endanger the CCP regime.
Source: Watch China
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