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The two [[nuclear weapon|nuclear armed]] [[superpower]]s, [[Russia]] and [[China]], forged a "no limits partnership" on the opening day of the [[Beijing]] Winter Olympics on February 6, 2022 to confront the [[Western alliance|Western powers]] flooding [[weapon]]s into [[Ukraine]] and [[Taiwan]], shortly after which on February 24, 2024 [[President Putin]] launched the [[Special De-Nazification Operation]] (SMO) to liberate Ukraine from [[neo-liberal]] [[globalist]] and [[fascist]] control.<ref>https://thechinaproject.com/2022/02/04/putin-and-xi-agree-to-no-limits-partnership-at-olympics/</ref> China and Russia are linked by a common understanding of the threat to their [[sovereignty]] from [[US]] [[unipolar]] [[hegemony]].<ref>[https://nationalinterest.org/feature/america%E2%80%99s-nightmare-sino-russian-entente-41447 America’s Nightmare: The Sino-Russian Entente], by John S. Van Oudenaren, ''The National Interest'', January 12, 2019. nationalinterest.org</ref><ref>[https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-china-entente-deepens-in-the-shadow-of-the-pandemic/ Russia-China entente deepens in the shadow of the pandemic], BY M. K. BHADRAKUMAR, ''Indian Punchline'', MAY 2, 2020. www.indianpunchline.com</ref> Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] made it quite clear that the core of the Russia-China relationship revolves around establishing an economic and financial axis to counterpunch the [[Bretton Woods Conference|Bretton Woods arrangement]].  That implies doing everything to protect [[Moscow]] and [[Beijing]] from “threats of sanctions by other states”; progressive [[de-dollarization]]; and advances in [[cryptocurrency]].<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-usnato-versus-russia-china-hybrid-war-finish</ref>

The two [[nuclear weapon|nuclear armed]] [[superpower]]s, [[Russia]] and [[China]], forged a "no limits partnership" on the opening day of the [[Beijing]] Winter Olympics on February 6, 2022 to confront the [[Western alliance|Western powers]] flooding [[weapon]]s into [[Ukraine]] and [[Taiwan]], shortly after which on February 24, 2024 [[President Putin]] launched the [[Special De-Nazification Operation]] (SMO) to liberate Ukraine from [[neo-liberal]] [[globalist]] and [[fascist]] control.<ref>https://thechinaproject.com/2022/02/04/putin-and-xi-agree-to-no-limits-partnership-at-olympics/</ref> China and Russia are linked by a common understanding of the threat to their [[sovereignty]] from [[US]] [[unipolar]] [[hegemony]].<ref>[https://nationalinterest.org/feature/america%E2%80%99s-nightmare-sino-russian-entente-41447 America’s Nightmare: The Sino-Russian Entente], by John S. Van Oudenaren, ''The National Interest'', January 12, 2019. nationalinterest.org</ref><ref>[https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-china-entente-deepens-in-the-shadow-of-the-pandemic/ Russia-China entente deepens in the shadow of the pandemic], BY M. K. BHADRAKUMAR, ''Indian Punchline'', MAY 2, 2020. www.indianpunchline.com</ref> Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] made it quite clear that the core of the Russia-China relationship revolves around establishing an economic and financial axis to counterpunch the [[Bretton Woods Conference|Bretton Woods arrangement]].  That implies doing everything to protect [[Moscow]] and [[Beijing]] from “threats of sanctions by other states”; progressive [[de-dollarization]]; and advances in [[cryptocurrency]].<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-usnato-versus-russia-china-hybrid-war-finish</ref>

The [[NATO war in Ukraine]] brought [[Moscow]] and [[Beijing]] closer together for the first time since the days of [[Mao]] and [[Stalin]].<ref>[https://truthout.org/articles/war-in-ukraine-needs-to-be-understood-in-context-of-new-russia-china-alliance/ War in Ukraine Needs to Be Understood in Context of New Russia-China Alliance], By Alfred W. McCoy , ''TOM DISPATCH'', March 10, 2022. truthout.org. First published in TomDispatch https://tomdispatch.com/the-geopolitics-of-the-ukraine-war/</ref> [[Biden]] and those who come after him are unlikely to be able to make a division, as [[Nixon]] did in 1972.<ref>[https://archive.is/ioghJ#selection-437.0-605.14 This Is the Russia-China Friendship That Nixon Feared], By Farah Stockman, ''[[New York Times]]'', Feb. 20, 2022. </ref><ref>[https://archive.is/70KJw Fifty Years After Nixon’s Visit, China Tilts Back Toward Russia], James T. Areddy, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', Feb. 26, 2022.</ref> Former Presidential briefer [[Ray McGovern]] chronicled how as “[[Biden]] took office in 2021, his advisers assured him that he could play on [[Russia]]'s fear (sic) of [[China]] – and drive a wedge between them. This represents the ‘mother of all errors’ of judgement, because it brings about the circumstances in which the [[New World Order|western ‘Order’]] may dissolve”. “This [presumption of Russian weakness] became embarrassingly clear when Biden said to [[Putin]] during their [[Geneva]] summit in June 2021 … let me ask a rhetorical question: ‘You got a multi-thousand-mile border with China. China is seeking to be the most powerful [[economy]] in the world and the largest and the most powerful [[military]] in the world’.” McGovern observes that this meeting gave Putin clear confirmation that Biden and his advisers were stuck in a woefully outdated appraisal of Russia-China relations. Here is the bizarre way Biden described his approach to Putin on China: At the airport after the summit, Biden’s aides did their best to whisk him onto the plane but failed to stop him from sharing more ‘wisdom’ on China: “Russia is in a very, very difficult spot right now. They are being squeezed by China”. ‘Yes’: More of the same! Biden was trying, on the advice of his experts, to insert the ubiquitous [[Western alliance|western ‘wedge’]] between Russia and a ‘BIG’ China.<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2024/05/17/ray-mcgovern-russia-china-two-against-one/ RAY McGOVERN: Russia & China — Two Against One], Ray McGovern, ''Consortium News]], May 17, 2024. consortiumnews.com</ref>

The [[NATO war in Ukraine]] brought [[Moscow]] and [[Beijing]] closer together for the first time since the days of [[Mao]] and [[Stalin]].<ref>[https://truthout.org/articles/war-in-ukraine-needs-to-be-understood-in-context-of-new-russia-china-alliance/ War in Ukraine Needs to Be Understood in Context of New Russia-China Alliance], By Alfred W. McCoy , ''TOM DISPATCH'', March 10, 2022. truthout.org. First published in TomDispatch https://tomdispatch.com/the-geopolitics-of-the-ukraine-war/</ref> [[Biden]] and those who come after him are unlikely to be able to make a division, as [[Nixon]] did in 1972.<ref>[https://archive.is/ioghJ#selection-437.0-605.14 This Is the Russia-China Friendship That Nixon Feared], By Farah Stockman, ''[[New York Times]]'', Feb. 20, 2022. </ref><ref>[https://archive.is/70KJw Fifty Years After Nixon’s Visit, China Tilts Back Toward Russia], James T. Areddy, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', Feb. 26, 2022.</ref> Former Presidential briefer [[Ray McGovern]] chronicled how  

:''"as [[Biden]] took office in 2021, his advisers assured him that he could play on [[Russia]]'s fear (sic) of [[China]] – and drive a wedge between them. This represents the ‘mother of all errors’ of judgement, because it brings about the circumstances in which the [[New World Order|western ‘Order’]] may dissolve”. “This [presumption of Russian weakness] became embarrassingly clear when Biden said to [[Putin]] during their [[Geneva]] summit in June 2021 … let me ask a rhetorical question: ‘You got a multi-thousand-mile border with China. China is seeking to be the most powerful [[economy]] in the world and the largest and the most powerful [[military]] in the world’.” McGovern observes that this meeting gave Putin clear confirmation that Biden and his advisers were stuck in a woefully outdated appraisal of Russia-China relations. Here is the bizarre way Biden described his approach to Putin on China: At the airport after the summit, Biden’s aides did their best to whisk him onto the plane but failed to stop him from sharing more ‘wisdom’ on China: “Russia is in a very, very difficult spot right now. They are being squeezed by China”. ‘Yes’: More of the same! Biden was trying, on the advice of his experts, to insert the ubiquitous [[Western alliance|western ‘wedge’]] between Russia and a ‘BIG’ China.<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2024/05/17/ray-mcgovern-russia-china-two-against-one/ RAY McGOVERN: Russia & China — Two Against One], Ray McGovern, ''Consortium News]], May 17, 2024. consortiumnews.com</ref>

After these remarks, Putin and [[Xi]] spent the rest of 2021 trying to disabuse Biden of the “China squeeze” [[meme]]: This mutual effort culminated in the Xi-Putin ‘no limits’ friendship summit of that year. If the advisers had been paying attention however, they would have threaded a long history of Russo-Chinese [[rapprochement]]. But no, they were [[ideological]]ly frozen in the view that the two were destined to be eternal enemies.

After these remarks, Putin and [[Xi]] spent the rest of 2021 trying to disabuse Biden of the “China squeeze” [[meme]]: This mutual effort culminated in the Xi-Putin ‘no limits’ friendship summit of that year. If the advisers had been paying attention however, they would have threaded a long history of Russo-Chinese [[rapprochement]]. But no, they were [[ideological]]ly frozen in the view that the two were destined to be eternal enemies.

On May 16, 2024 Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping issued a joint statement in [[Beijing]].<ref>[https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1791303781218693145 BUILDING A NEW WORLD ORDER], x.com</ref><ref>[https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2024/05-16/10217948.shtml Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination for a New Era on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries]. 2024-05-16 18:40 Source: CCTV news client. (In Mandarin).</ref> It was President Putin's first official foreign visit since his re-inauguration on May 7 for a 5th term. The two governments agreed to "take the acknowledgement of [[cultural]] and [[civilization]]al diversity” as the basis for “furthering dialogue, cooperation and experience exchange.” The two countries also vowed to “counter the politicization of culture, attempts at ‘[[cancel culture|cancelling the culture]]’ of certain countries and peoples."

On May 16, 2024 President Putin and [[CCP]] General Secretary [[Xi Jinping]] issued a joint statement in Beijing.<ref>[https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1791303781218693145 BUILDING A NEW WORLD ORDER], x.com</ref><ref>[https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2024/05-16/10217948.shtml Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination for a New Era on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries]. 2024-05-16 18:40 Source: CCTV news client. (In Mandarin).</ref> The two governments agreed to "take the acknowledgement of [[cultural]] and [[civilization]]al diversity” as the basis for “furthering dialogue, cooperation and experience exchange.” The two countries also vowed to “counter the politicization of culture, attempts at ‘[[cancel culture|cancelling the culture]]’ of certain countries and peoples."

[[Alastair Crooke]] says the joint statement evokes the "very elemental laws of nature itself in sketching [[the West]]'s usurpation of the fundamental principles of [[humanity]], [[reality]], and order – a critique which maddens the [[collective West]]." Crooke says the joint statement  is not just a detailed framework of a [[BRICS]] future. Russia and China have put forward a dynamic vision of concrete principles as pillars for a new society in the post-Western future.<ref>[https://thealtworld.com/alastair_crooke/the-brink-of-dissolution-neurosis-in-the-west-as-the-levee-breaks The brink of dissolution: Neurosis in the West as the levee breaks], ALASTAIR CROOKE, 27 MAY 24. thealtworld.com/alastair_crooke</ref> By playing straight into the primordial sources of meaning that are deeper than individual preference – [[faith]], [[family]], soil and [[flag]] – Russia and China have picked up the pieces and born-up the mantle of the Non-Aligned Movement through promoting the right of national [[self-determination]] and an end to centuries old [[colonialism|systems of exploitation]].

[[Alastair Crooke]] says the joint statement evokes the "very elemental laws of nature itself in sketching [[the West]]'s usurpation of the fundamental principles of [[humanity]], [[reality]], and order – a critique which maddens the [[collective West]]." Crooke says the joint statement  is not just a detailed framework of a [[BRICS]] future. Russia and China have put forward a dynamic vision of concrete principles as pillars for a new society in the post-Western future.<ref>[https://thealtworld.com/alastair_crooke/the-brink-of-dissolution-neurosis-in-the-west-as-the-levee-breaks The brink of dissolution: Neurosis in the West as the levee breaks], ALASTAIR CROOKE, 27 MAY 24. thealtworld.com/alastair_crooke</ref> By playing straight into the primordial sources of meaning that are deeper than individual preference – [[faith]], [[family]], soil and [[flag]] – Russia and China have picked up the pieces and born-up the mantle of the Non-Aligned Movement through promoting the right of national [[self-determination]] and an end to centuries old [[colonialism|systems of exploitation]].