China and Russia stand side by side, and beauty can’t sit still! The Sino-Russian joint statement directly pokes the US ＂lung tube＂

In the increasingly complicated international situation, China and Russia have deepened their strategic cooperation back to back and stood shoulder to shoulder to jointly resist the pressure exerted by the United States and Western countries. Under this background, the United States can’t sit still completely. However, the most troublesome thing for the United States is the heavy joint statement issued by China and Russia recently, because it directly pokes the "lung tube" of the United States.

It can be said that where there is turmoil and uneasiness in the world today, there is no shortage of the United States. Whether it is the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait issue or the Ukrainian crisis, it seems that it has not escaped this certain theory. Moreover, on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the United States also aggressively assembled a large number of military forces such as aircraft carrier battle groups and warships in the surrounding areas of China, showing its arrogance.

As a thorn in the side and a thorn in the side of American politicians, the last thing they want is for China and Russia to join forces to fight against the United States. In order to completely cut off Russia’s rear road and leave Russia no breathing space under tough sanctions, a spokesman of the US State Department recently dropped a cruel word on China, claiming that in order to stabilize the situation in Ukraine, the United States has decided to impose destructive economic sanctions on Russia. If Russian enterprises are found to have helped Russia evade or bypass sanctions, the United States will not relent in imposing more severe sanctions.

Obviously, the classic "verbal sanctions" of American politicians do not scare either China or Russia, but it is enough to show that China and Russia are getting closer and closer, and the United States is already unable to sit still. Just as the United States was fidgeting, a few hours before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese and Russian leaders reached a number of consensuses in the fields of economy, trade, investment, energy and so on, signed nearly 20 cooperation agreements, and also issued a heavy joint statement. It is worth noting that in the Sino-Russian joint statement, not only the friendly relations between the two countries have been raised again, but also the bilateral relationship of "there is no forbidden area for cooperation and no end to friendship", and the political stance of China and Russia against NATO’s eastward expansion has been clearly expressed.

However, in this remarkable joint statement issued by China and Russia, it is not the common political position of China and Russia on the Ukrainian issue that pokes the United States the most, but the ten-year-long natural gas trade contract signed by China and Russia.Because, according to the natural gas trade contract signed between China and Russia, the settlement method will be changed from the past unshakable dollar to the euro. This not only means that China and Russia are working to gradually weaken the hegemonic position of the US dollar, but also shows that China-EU relations will be further strengthened. From the perspective of economic strategy, the contest between the two sides in the European market in the Sino-US game should not be underestimated.

As for the interpretation of the latest Sino-Russian joint statement, Reuters believes that this marks the unprecedented determination of China and Russia to cooperate against the United States, and at the same time implies that the two countries’ positions on the Ukrainian and Taiwan Province issues will be closer. In this regard, zhufeng, dean of the Institute of International Relations of Nanjing University, said in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao that the Sino-Russian statement is actually challenging the world order with the United States as the core. There is no doubt that China is more inclined to Russia because of the contradiction between the United States and Russia. Because China and the United States have differences on issues such as the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and the United States has wooed Japan, India, Australia and other countries to unite against China, there is no reason for China to stand on the same side with the United States. Under the strategic background of the United States suppressing China and Russia at the same time, it is also a trend to urge China and Russia to warm up.

Where will Sino-Russian relations go? Will the alliance be further defined? Zhu Feng said that this largely depends on the policy direction of the United States.