On the Russian-Ukrainian front, Ukraine is currently under Russian rule, and Putin really doesn't have to worry about anything anymore. Now, his most important thing is probably to prepare for the 2024 election in the United States.
A few days ago, the Kremlin announced that it would have four candidates running. For Putin, with his popularity, there is no problem in defeating the other three, and the Kremlin is currently more worried about whether the United States has intervened in this matter. Let's say, to cause trouble for Russia in **. In response, the Kremlin's senior officials have made it clear that they will closely monitor Western countries.
When Putin was busy with the election, the famous American journalist Carlson also conducted an exclusive interview with him. It is necessary to attract the attention of our Chinese netizens, and Putin has attracted the attention of the whole world in this interview when he talks about the ties between China and Europe. During the interview, he smiled at Carlson: "You can go and ask, are people in Europe afraid of China?" ”
In fact, during the interview, Carlson deliberately played a little dumb riddle to Putin: Are you afraid that the BRIC countries are all controlled by China? Putin knew at a glance that this was a routine of Western countries, which was to use the relationship between China and Russia to make Russia jealous of China.
To this, Putin laughed and said: "That's just a terrible legend." Putin also asked Carlson whether Europe was afraid of China. He believes that Europe is marching into China at all costs, and that the current growth of Central Europe is even more than that of China and Russia.
Putin's words are very reasonable and have a sense of humor. However, this is a very thought-provoking question: Is the West afraid of China? Here's an article from Wall Street that might give us some clues.
The story is titled: "Dancing on Stage – American Executives in China Can't Escape." The report also cites several cases in which prominent Chinese businessmen, even the richest in the world, have been "forced" to perform dances for their employees at annual meetings of Chinese employees. It's like using entrepreneurs as a "pastime".
Chinese netizens are ridiculed by this, which is obviously a good thing, a very ordinary thing, but when it comes to American newspapers, it has become something that the top level of the United States is afraid of, and it can rise to the level of politics and culture. Driven by such Western media, few people can understand the Chinese and Chinese culture.
Therefore, the key to "being afraid or not" depends on whether you understand it or not. On this issue, Putin's point of view is clearly correct. On this issue, Putin also said to Carlson: "Russia has lived with China for hundreds of years, we understand China, and China's foreign policy is not offensive in any way." "Putin is right, China is following a path of peace rather than expansion. That's the biggest difference between us and them.
As Europe continues to tighten its grip on China's electric vehicle market, they are uneasy about the growth of China's tram market. On the U.S. side, Trump said before he took office that he would raise taxes on China by more than 60%. With import taxes as a means of countering China, one can imagine how "afraid" the United States is of China. Perhaps, they should pay enough attention to Putin's words.