China is getting jealous about the close relationship Vlad Putin has been courting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Pooh Bear used the third anniversary of Russia’s Ukraine invasion to swear undying love for Moscow. The media reports “Xi Jinping affirmed his ‘no limits‘ partnership in a phone call.” I’ll do ANYTHING, he still begs.
China feeling jilted
China is not happy with the recent wave of flirtation and innuendo between Russia and the United States. Trump and Putin look like they’re about to end the war in Ukraine by eliminating NATO and splitting Europe between themselves. That leaves the Pooh Bear sitting lonely and alone.
Xi was the one who came across with everything Vlad needed to start his little war in the first place. To remind Putin of that fact, he used the same phrase he did three years ago. One that amounts to “I’ll do anything. Anything at all.”
They need to keep their trade relationship steady and monogamous. Russia fooling around with Trump is risky to China’s political harmony.
The media notes the leader of China is nervous that “a quick deal to end the Ukraine war” is “raising the prospect that Washington could draw a wedge between Xi and Putin.” The call on Monday, February 24, “appeared aimed at dispelling any such prospects.”
Vlad swears up and down that he’s been totally faithful to Xi. He’s been spending time with Trump but it won’t affect what he has going on with his communist comrade.
Diplomats on both sides of the phone call say the leaders of both Russia and China “underscored the durability and the ‘long-term‘ nature of their alliance, with its own internal dynamics that would not be impacted by any ‘third party.‘”
In it for the long haul
Russia insists that they haven’t been trifling with the affections of China. They’re hitched for the long haul. “China-Russia relations have strong internal driving force and unique strategic value, and are not aimed at, nor are they influenced by, any third party,” the Pooh Bear stated for the record in the official readout published by Chinese state media.
“The development strategies and foreign policies” of the two nations “are long-term,” said Xi, sounding like the bride of a man with a new mistress. Adding that the two countries “are good neighbors that cannot be moved apart.”
Russia has been racking up huge numbers of casualties and the infusion of troops Putin got from North Korea bled out all over the battlefield. It’s nothing against China, Putin assures the Pooh Bear.
Russia is under tremendous pressure to end what should never have started in the first place. When Donald Trump came up with a reasonable suggestion and backed it up with the good faith gesture of neutering NATO, Vlad can’t help it that his interest was aroused. You don’t get a chance to divide and conquer Europe every day.
But what about us? Xi whined. “Xi has told Putin in recent years that the two have the chance to drive ‘changes the world has not seen in a century,‘ which many analysts see as an attempt to challenge a U.S.-led global order.” It’s me or him, the Pooh Bear pouts.
One analyst notes, Vlad’s going to get some while he can. “The Russians will see what carrots Trump may dangle to create distance between Moscow and Beijing, but they are confident that they can keep both pragmatic, beneficial ties with China and engage the United States if Trump is really willing to play ball.“
