Russia and China Make Ever Closer Military Ties, Cite Opposition to US
Russia is making its military ties to Communist China stronger than ever as it engages in military exercises in China. The two major enemies of the US are forming a “‘backbone’ against the United States,” according to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) state-run media outlet, the Global Times, which accuses the US of “terrorism and chaos.”
The Washington Free Beacon reported on the story:
“Russia is joining China in a series of military exercises in August, a sign of growing coordination between the two countries that experts say threatens American security.
The Chinese propaganda newspaper Global Times reported that Moscow will dispatch Russian forces—including aircraft and artillery—to the Chinese province of Ningxia. The Times specifically sets the exercises in the context of ‘mutual trust’ between the two militaries, which they say form a ‘backbone’ against the United States in the region. This exercise is the first in which Russian troops trained on Chinese land, as opposed to earlier exercises in the Russian Far East or maritime demonstrations. . .The exercise is only the latest instance of Russian and Chinese cooperation on military projects.”
For instance, Russia has endorsed China’s unjust claim that free Taiwan is a territory of the CCP, and defense technology from Russia has “empowered” China’s Navy.
“Richard Weitz, the director of the Hudson Institute's Center for Political-Military Analysis, said cooperation between Moscow and Beijing poses a major problem for U.S. defense planners. American resources could be stretched thin as the United States attempts to confront two rising hostile powers. . . ‘There's still perhaps insufficient attention to the combined effect of the partnership. The Russians and Chinese will never challenge each other. It gives the other comfort and tacitly encourages the other. The Russians would like it if the U.S. is distracted by China and vice versa.’”
Xi Jinping, China’s president, has called Russian dictator Vladimir Putin a “best friend” to China. Russia and China have previously supported each other and built upon a common antipathy of the US. Both countries want to see America’s global leadership role weakened.
“Ivana Stradner, a Jeane Kirkpatrick fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said that Russian cooperation with China should be especially alarming in cyberspace. In the early months of the Biden administration, China and Russia attacked vital American cyber infrastructure with great success but little rebuke from the White House. A June accord between Moscow and Beijing says they have the right to regulate the internet and repress dissent within their borders.”
Arguably the two most powerful enemies of America are forming an ever closer military partnership. But don’t worry—Joe Biden is more concerned with the illusive (or rather fictional) threat of white supremacy.
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