Last year, the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out, and China and Russia signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement. However, Western countries, led by the United States, have stepped up sanctions against Russia.
In order to cope with this situation, Russia's high-level officials made an emergency visit to China on May 23 and put forward a request for cooperation in four areas. The United States** has made a big claim that China cannot accede to Russia's demands.
Russia's four requests for cooperation are:
Agriculture: Russia hopes that China will be able to import more Russian agricultural products, while also exporting some agricultural products that China lacks to increase the agricultural quota of the two countries.
Energy: Russia attaches great importance to cooperation with China in the energy field, and hopes that China will continue to purchase Russian oil, natural gas and other energy products to ensure China's energy security and Russia's energy revenue.
Infrastructure: Russia hopes that China will provide more support and investment in Russia's infrastructure construction, including cross-border bridges, high-speed railways, highways, and other projects to improve Russia's transportation capacity and regional development.
Logistics: Russia hopes that China can establish a more efficient logistics system with Russia to shorten the transportation time of products and equipment, reduce transportation costs, and improve transportation quality.
The reason why Russia is so desperately seeking cooperation with China is that they face severe sanctions from Western countries.
At the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Western countries issued four demands on China and Russia, and at the same time announced that they would impose tougher sanctions on Russia.
The four requirements of Western countries are:
Economic coercion: Western countries have accused China of economic coercion against countries such as Lithuania and Australia, and demanded that China stop such behavior. This is an unreasonable accusation made by Western countries against China, which has never carried out economic coercion on any country, but on the contrary, Western countries often use economic means to exert pressure on other countries.
Nuclear**: Western countries have asked China not to continue to develop nuclear ** in order to maintain international security. This is a double standard on China by Western countries, China's nuclear ** is for self-defense, not for threat, while Western countries have a large number of nuclear **, which poses a threat to world peace.
Taiwan issue: Western countries demand that China refrain from using force to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and respect the wishes of the Taiwanese people. This is interference in China's internal affairs by Western countries, and Taiwan is China's territory, and China has the right to take all necessary measures to safeguard national unity, and Western countries have no right to point fingers at this.
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Western countries demand that China persuade Russia to withdraw from Ukraine and restore Ukraine's territorial integrity. This is an unreasonable demand from Western countries for China, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine was provoked by Western countries, China did not participate in it, and Western countries should take responsibility for themselves, rather than let China come forward to solve it.
These demands of Western countries are nothing more than an attempt to suppress the development of China and Russia, hinder cooperation between China and Russia, and maintain the hegemonic status of Western countries.
The United States is also smearing Sino-Russian cooperation, claiming that China cannot accept Russia's request for cooperation, otherwise it will damage China's interests and fall into Russia's predicament. This is a malicious slander by the United States, and the cooperation between China and Russia is based on the principle of equality and mutual benefit, which is in line with the common interests of the two countries and will not be affected by the United States.
In short, China and Russia should adhere to cooperation, jointly respond to the sanctions imposed by Western countries, promote the economic development of the two countries, and enhance the international status and influence of the two countries. As long as China and Russia cooperate sincerely, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome.