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voyager1

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This is why TheDiplomat is a clown magazine

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When the time comes, cooperation with the U.S. usually takes precedence
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If you think that China will prioritise the US against its largest and most powerful neighbour then I got a nice bridge to sell you. Maybe that was true 20 years ago, but now, Russia will remain a priority for China.

Rule no1, as long as Russia is friendly to China then China doesn't have to fear anything or anyone.

If the US thinks that China is willing to risk this relationship for 4 years of a "peaceful" Biden...

This, along with a lack of resources necessary for full-scale, simultaneous clashes with both China and Russia, explains why the U.S. does not rule out cooperation with its competitors.
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"not rule out cooperation with its competitors."
To China -> "Genocide", "Covid lab leak"
To Russia -> "Putin is a killer"

I want to know what that author is smoking..

the Biden administration is prioritizing cooperation with Moscow in areas of mutual interests
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Hard-line policies toward Russia remain in place, but they are largely symbolic and designed to appease anti-Russia domestic sentiment
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Lmao! I wouldnt say that the US sanctions and policies (remember the attempted Navalny colour revolution...) against Russia are "largely symbolic"..

Actual results, such as the extension of the New START,
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Thats not a gift to Russia...

an early phone call between the two presidents,
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Lmao another "feel honoured to talk to Biden" argument. I would bet that Putin would prefer calling Xi for the 50th time than being given the "privilege" of an "early phone" with Biden. Sycophantic opinion by the author

or the recent U.S. decision to waive sanctions for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline,
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Yeah that was for Germany not Russia.

suggest an overarching goal of what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described as “a stable and more predictable relationship” with Russia.
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If thats America's bar for "a stable and more predictable relationship”....

While the China-U.S. competition arc is pretty much a lock, both sides are courting Russia
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Only courting I see here is from China to Russia, and Russia to China. The US is actively sabotaging Russia

In other words, the dynamic is not as much “two against one” as it is “one against one (U.S. versus China) plus one (Russia).”
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To equalise the US with China relatively to their relations to Russia shows how deluded the author is. The 2014 western sanctions were a historic point for Russia turning to the East. The following western aggression towards it just solidified that view.

the United States will attempt to stabilize relations with Russia and keep China-Russia engagement at a manageable level
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The US must be failing then, because as the Russian FM said, their cooperation will multiply in the future and will find more ways to deepen their cooperation

On the other hand, Beijing will not seek confrontation with Washington
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It wont, but because the US is seeking confrontation, China will respond appropriately.


Take a bow to this masterpiece of an article from TheDiplomat, just some levels above National Interest and Gordon Chang at this point.
At least their military section is held up to standard by our forum mod

Meanwhile back in reality
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TLDR: Clown article, written by a clown author, for a clown magazine
 
BlackWindMnt

BlackWindMnt

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Authors expectation vs reality.

A lot of those think tanks writers are all grifters, the moment I discovered all those China expert I followed couldn't understand or at least read Chinese i was dumbed strucked. How can you be a expert of a nation without being able to communicate in that nations language.

I do kind of hate it how I need to read second or tertiary sources off Asia it always spinned into some narrative not connected to the subject I'm interested in..
 
Bellum_Romanum

Bellum_Romanum

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UK Embassy Lights a Virtual Candle on Weibo on June 4th, Gesture Instantly Backfires

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Mr T

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voyager1 said:
The solution is only one. Digitised government. Xi's administration has undertaken unprecedented steps toward transperancy and open governance.
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I'm not sure that the CCP is moving towards transparency at the moment. So many things involving Party members and their activities are classified as "state secrets". We're not even sure what Xi Mingze looks like. People used to think they knew, then it turned out the widely circulated photograph of her at Harvard could have been anyone after someone was prosecuted for allegedly leaking her passport photograph (of clearly a very different woman) a couple of years ago.

Not to mention the constant harassment of anyone who tries to write about the personal/family wealth of top CCP leaders.

I just don't see the Standing Committee allowing transparency of their affairs, and even reporting on what provincial and city leaders are up to could easily lead to calls for the same treatment for top leaders.

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You can write it down, I am fully expecting that by 2030, the Party as an organisation would be completely different than now and would produce much better results for China
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That assumes both of us are still here on SDF in 2030!
 
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