Cold War 2.0 shifted into a new gear Monday as Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Moscow in a major show of solidarity with Russian President Vladimir Putin against the United States and the West.
Mr. Xi is seeking to highlight China’s rising diplomatic clout during the three-day state visit, his first overseas trip since formally securing an unprecedented third five-year term as president earlier this month. Analysts say he also aims to give the embattled Mr. Putin a boost just days after an international arrest warrant was issued for the Russian leader on war crimes charges related to his troubled invasion of Ukraine.
Mr. Putin has appeared to embrace the messaging. As he greeted Mr. Xi at the Kremlin on Monday, the Russian president said he welcomed the Chinese leader’s plan for “settlement of the acute crisis in Ukraine.” “Guided by the two leaders, China and Russia have blazed a path of major-country relations featuring strategic trust and good neighborliness, setting a new paradigm for international relations,” stated a commentary published in Communist Party-run news outlets Monday.
China looks to Russia as a source of oil and gas for its energy-hungry economy, and as a partner in standing up to what both see as U.S. aggression, domination of global affairs and unfair punishment for their human rights records. The report, published in English on the ministry’s website under the title “U.S. Hegemony and Its Perils,” more broadly claimed that Washington is ramping up “bloc politics” and stoking conflict in several regions to maintain U.S. “unipolar” dominance and the post-World War II international system that favors Washington and its allies.
But while Mr. Putin is likely to welcome Chinese expressions of support, he has reason to be wary. Many Western analysts say China is angling for dominance in the bilateral relationship, happy to see both Russia and the West weakened and distracted by a long, inconclusive clash in Ukraine. “Of course, Chinese officials are careful to avoid referring to Russia as such,” Mr. Haas wrote in an analysis published by the think tank. “Instead, they treat Putin with pomp and deference. Xi flatters Putin in ways he does not any other world leader.”The two, which are among the five U.N. Security Council’s permanent members, have deepened their partnership with joint military drills over the past year, and U.S.
As Mr. Xi smiled, Mr. Putin added that China’s progress is “causing genuine interest all around the world, and we even feel a bit envious.”
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