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:''"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McGovern observes that this meeting gave Putin clear confirmation that Biden and his advisers were stuck in a woefully outdated appraisal of Russia-China relations.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>

:''"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McGovern observes that this meeting gave Putin clear confirmation that Biden and his advisers were stuck in a woefully outdated appraisal of Russia-China relations.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 in early February 2022. 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 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]].

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]].