The development of the world is always full of uncertainties, and today we have two good news and bad news at the same time: the good news isIn the first 11 months of this year, China and Russia** have exceeded 200 billion US dollars, achieving their annual targets ahead of schedule；The bad news is that Italy, the only country in the G7 to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative, has officially announced its "withdrawal from the group".
Goods waiting to be shipped to China in the ports of the Russian Far East are already piling up)
According to data released by the General Administration of Customs of China on December 7,From January to November 2023, the total amount of China and Russia** reached 2,181$7.6 billion, an increase of 267%, which is also the first time in the history of the two countries to exceed 200 billion US dollars。Among them, China exported 1003 to Russia$3.6 billion, an increase of 502%；China imports 1178 from Russia$4 billion, an increase of 118%。On the whole, the economic and trade relations between the two sides have developed well.
The Russian-Ukrainian war has stimulated the development of Russia's military manufacturing industry, which in turn has led to Russia's economy).
In fact, the rapid development of economic relations between China and Russia is largely due to the Russian-Ukrainian war. After Russia suddenly launched a "special military operation" against Ukraine in February last year, Western countries quickly took the initiative to cut off all economic ties with Russia in the name of "anti-Russian aid to Ukraine", neither purchasing goods from Russia nor prohibiting the export of their own goods to Russia. The West thought that it would be able to trap Russia by economic means, but Russia quickly adjusted the direction of its economic development and began to fully open its market to China, and then all kinds of Chinese goods poured into Russia, quickly filling the gap left by the withdrawal of Western capital.
Russia has vast land and abundant resources, and China can complement each other's advantages).
From a macro point of view, Russia is not only the world's largest country in terms of land area, but also the world's most abundant natural resources, and China is currently the world's largest industrial country, China and Russia have a high degree of complementarity in the economic field, Russia can export a large amount of oil, natural gas and other energy to China, as well as all kinds of ores, timber, agricultural products and other primary products, and we are processed into industrial products, and then sold back to Russia, thus forming a positive cycle, which is undoubtedly beneficial to the economies of both countries.
With the full liberalization of Sino-Russian border trade, a large number of Russians have started the mode of "buying, buying, buying" in China).
With the significant increase in the amount of China and Russia, Russia has successfully got rid of the dilemma of Western economic sanctions, and its industrial manufacturing industry has also achieved tremendous development, according to statisticsIn 2022, Russia's industrial manufacturing level has leapt over Germany, ranking first in EuropeThe West's plan to use economic sanctions to trap Russia is completely bankrupt。However, the West will not admit defeat so easily, and now many elites in Western countries believe that it is precisely because of China's "behind-the-scenes support" that Russia has been able to tide over the difficulties, so to contain Russia, it is necessary to cut off Sino-Russian ties, and in order to put pressure on China, we have seen the divine operation of Western countries:Italy has announced its official withdrawal from the Belt and Road InitiativeThis is how Western countries put pressure on us
The Grand Plan of the Belt and Road Initiative).
Italy's Corriere della Sera (Corriere della Sera) recently reported that Italy has withdrawn from China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative, and the relevant note has been submitted to China in Beijing through diplomatic channels three days ago. Corriere della Sera saidAlthough Italy** has officially decided to withdraw from the Belt and Road Initiative, it has also said that it will strive to maintain and strengthen the strategic partnership with China that has existed for more than a decade。In the plain words, it is "break up, but continue to be friends".
Historically, Italy has always been a "clown" country that excels at repeated horizontal jumps).
Italy is a special country in general, and the country has one characteristic, that isRepeated horizontal jumps。For example, in World War I, Italy was originally part of the Triple Alliance, but after the outbreak of the war, it defected and joined the Entente campThe same was true during World War II, Italy was originally the first country to establish a fascist regime in the "Triple Axis" of Germany, Italy and Japan, but in 1943, when the Axis and the Allies were still in the stage of strategic stalemate, an uprising broke out in Italy and overthrew Mussolini's fascists**, and finally the Italians also turned their guns to attack the German army together with the American army and the British army. Therefore, it does not seem surprising that such a country that has repeatedly jumped sideways in history suddenly said that it would "withdraw from the group".
The port of Genoa, Italy, if you insist on participating in the Belt and Road Initiative and relying on the European market, the port of Genoa can undoubtedly become an important bridgehead in Central EuropeIt's a pity ......）
Objectively speaking, Italy's determination to "withdraw from the group" is not a whim, but the result of a combination of internal and external factors. In fact, after Italy joined the "Belt and Road" initiative in 2019, the largest amount between China and Italy has grown rapidlyAccording to statistics, in the three years from 2019 to 2021 alone, China-Italy** increased by 42%, and the total bilateral ** reached 80 billion US dollarsThe Italian economy has also made great strides in the "Belt and Road".
As one of the G7, Italy is still afraid of being isolated and sanctioned by its European and American "partners", so it finally chose to back down).
However, Italy is the only country in the Western Group of Seven (G7) to join the Belt and Road Initiative, and Italy joins the Belt and Road Initiative Obviously, the country has been isolated to a large extent in the G7, although the current global trend is the decline of the United States and the rise of China, but at least the United States still has a certain advantage over China, and Italy is a European country, surrounded by all G7 members, and Italy itself is also a member of NATO, if it is isolated by neighboring countries for a long time and contained by the United States, Italy's national strength is obviously unbearable.
So between economic interests and "political correctness", Italy ultimately chose "political correctness". However, it can be seen that Italy is very aware that it has benefited greatly from China, so it has the rhetoric of "breaking up, but still being friends", which shows that Italy does not want to easily offend China and still hopes to maintain its own economic interests.
Take our own "Chinese path" and let others tangle with it!）
However, although the Chinese are warm and tolerant, they are not stupid, who wants to be friendly with China, who always finds fault with us, we all know very well in our hearts, now there are no Western countries in the "Belt and Road", this is not necessarily a bad thing, after all, Asian, African and Latin American countries have more populations and richer resources, and those countries that are willing to have friendly exchanges with us do good business, isn't it?Why do you have to look at the stinky faces of European and American countries?