Russia complex: Xi’s admiration for Vladimir Putin explains China’s desperate support

old admiration Xi Jinping go through Russia Yes vladimir putin Reinforces wishes of Chinese President Strengthen ties with Moscow In the long run, despite its apparent estrangement from the Kremlin, as it suffered defeat in the war against Ukraine.

pro-Russian tendencies habit This is partly due to his family and his biography, explains wall street journal In a detailed chronicle of the relationship between the two autocratic leaders.

Interestingly, Xi Jinping was born in 1953, Mao Zedong launched a campaign to study former soviet union as Model For China’s political, economic and military systems.

In addition, Xi’s father, Xi ZhongxunThe Communist revolutionary who fought alongside Mao Zedong traveled to the Soviet Union in the late 1950s to learn its heavy industry.

This left a deep imprint on Xi Jinping’s youth, which, according to historians, left him with a deep-rooted sense of admiration for valuesThis history and soviet culture.

some even talked about Russian complex Chinese leader.It would be so deep that nearly three decades of the Soviet Union and China being torn apart by ideological and other differences would not be able to overcome him and cause his admiration to shift to The Russian Federation Rising from the ashes of the Soviet Union.

The formation of the Chinese dictator has given him a similar vision to Putin’s on how to wield power and restore the country to its former glory.

After taking power, Xi Jinping sought to change China’s leadership structure to be more in line with model putinreduce The importance of a strong Politburo Standing Committee and winning a historic third election.

I have a similar personality to you, Xi Jinping told Putin during his first visit to Moscow in 2013. Not coincidentally, it was his first foreign trip as China’s president.

For his part, Putin commented that The two countries are building a special relationship. Both have since developed a ritual of congratulating each other on their birthdays.

He said Xi had largely been strengthening China’s relationship with Russia despite the Russian incursion. Al wall street journal Yun SunChina Program Director Stimson Center, a Washington think tank. There is a good chance that the relationship is getting closer.

Sino-Russian economic and trade exchanges continue to deepen Moscow takes Crimea In 2014 to Ukraine. They deepened after Russia invaded Ukraine, even as Chinese leaders publicly sought to show signs of distancing themselves from the Kremlin.

As an example of this, in recent weeks Xi Jinping has instructed his government Build stronger economic ties fraud Russiaas assured by political advisers in Beijing Wall Street Journal.

The program includes a China boosts imports of Russian oil, gas, agricultural productsmore joint energetic associations Arctic and an older Chinese infrastructure investment Examples include railways and ports, the adviser said.

Russia and China are also doing More financial transactions In rubles and renminbi, rather than euros or dollars, the move would help avoid future sanctions and put the Chinese currency into wider circulation. Russia became the third largest RMB payment market in the world in July China According to Swift, continental is a messaging system used by financial institutions to process international payments.

China-Russia partnership a lifeline for Moscow, to help the Kremlin limit the economic fallout of Western sanctions and sustain its wars.It is also cultivating a divisionin’s globalpreventing the many developing countries that depend on China for trade from taking sides in the conflict.

As the relationship between the two countries deepens, it is expected that Xi Jinping, 69, to visit Moscow next year, possibly after the Chinese National Congress in March, according to Igor Morgulov, the Russian ambassador to Beijing, recently told the media.Access, if occurred, flagged On the 40th, the leaders of the two countries held face-to-face talks.

China’s foreign ministry told wall street journal Beijing and Moscow will continue to carry out exchanges at all levels.

despite this, habitcountries that continue to need Western technology and forge closer ties with other foreign powers, have struggled Publicly détente with Russia To avoid provoking a collective reaction from the West, say foreign affairs analysts and Beijing government advisers wall street journal.

as, Xi Jinping has never lacked support for RussiaThe strong signal that he wanted to deepen the relationship between the two countries came shortly after his departure. donald trump Became President of the United States in early 2017.Trump campaign promises to improve ties with Russia, raising alarm in U.S. CCP.

A report prepared by an authority Tsinghua UniversityXi’s alma mater said there was no future for the Russian economy, meaning China would gain little from closer ties, according to people familiar with the matter.

nonsenseXi wrote in the margin of the report, according to the men, citing wall street journal.

when, shortly after, trade war in between U.S. Yes ChinaXi turned to Russia to find a replacement.

Since then, the Sino-Russian trade volume has grown substantially, reaching $146.9 billion last year, which was 95.3 billion in 2014, according to China Customs data. This year, officials and analysts expect it to hit a record $200 billion.

This raw It accounts for half of Russia’s imports from China, and Russia has become increasingly reliant on its southern neighbor for electronics such as radio broadcasting equipment and computers.

over the yearsBeijing is also positioning itself as a partner in the development of oil projects Yes natural gas In the Arctic region of Russia.

In late 2021, Western pressure over China’s human rights abuses and possible boycott of the Winter Olympics led to Xi Jinping makes bold statement on China-Russia relationsDeclaration of Association no limit.

According to sources close to Beijing’s decision-makers wall street journalthe intention of Chinese leaders is to convey a message that Both countries are determined to address what they see as a growing threat to the United States.

Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Beijing considered that unlikely, despite intelligence reports to the contrary.

Finally, Russia’s incursion shortly after the February meeting forced Beijing down a delicate diplomatic line.on the one hand China did not directly condemn the Russian invasion. But on the other hand, he continues to avoid arms supplies or other overt support for Russia’s war effort, Xi Jinping recently told other world leaders that he Against the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraineafter Putin threatened to do so.

Xi met Putin again in Uzbekistan in September on the sidelines of a regional summit, where the Chinese leader wanted to express his anger at Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, according to political advisers in Beijing. By reaffirming his opposition to nuclear weapons, Xi also said he believed he would seek to gain the upper hand in the bilateral relationship.leave Russia is in a subordinate positionsaid the political consultant and foreign affairs expert.

Sun, an expert at the Stimson Center, said that this does not mean that China is giving up on Russia, but it does show that China believes that it is acceptable to snub Russia. China’s dominance in the relationship between the two countries is growing.

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