Putin**'s disillusionment and China's vigilance
Around the Spring Festival in 2024, Russia** Putin accepted an exclusive interview with the famous American journalist Carlson, which was published on China's Chinese New Year's Eve, which aroused widespread attention among Chinese. Many people have noticed that Putin revealed in the interview that he once had strong illusions about the United States and the West, and even after he came to power, he still hopes to establish good relations with the West and even join NATO. However, these illusions have been shattered by the indifference and hostility of the West, and Putin has now become completely disillusioned, realizing that the West will never accept Russia, but will only see Russia as an adversary and a threat.
The lessons of Russia are twofold:
One is the collapse and collapse of the Soviet Union. This is a tragic case, which has made the whole of China profoundly aware that safeguarding national unity and stability is of the utmost importance, and that China must adhere to its own social and political system, and must not follow the evil path of Westernization and democratization of the West, which is a dead end. This lesson has been accepted and recognized by most Chinese, and it has also served as a good warning.
The second is Russia's disillusionment with the United States and the West. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia once pinned all its hopes on the United States and the West, which imitated the political and economic models of the West, trusted the suggestions and programs of the West, and longed to integrate into the Western system and organization and become a member of the West. Russia is so persistent, even after repeated setbacks and betrayals by the West, it still wants to become a strategic partner of the West, and also wants to get the West's understanding and compromise on issues such as anti-missile and NATO, hoping that the West will strategically let Russia go, no longer support Russia's opposition and ** forces, and leave a way for Russia to survive. Putin fully expressed these fantasies in the interview.
However, now all this has come to naught. Now, the conflict between Russia and the West is so intense that it is impossible for Russia to become a member of the West in the foreseeable historical period, or even to avoid a fierce confrontation with the West. The latest news is that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called on NATO member states to increase defense spending to prepare for a "confrontation" with Russia that could last for decades. Such a statement is enough to chill and despair in Russia, enough to shatter all their previous illusions.
This is yet another vivid case. Theoretically and logically, this lesson of Russia should provide China with sufficient warnings so that all patriotic Chinese can profoundly understand that the so-called integration into the Western world is a fantasy and delusion, and that the Western hegemonic bloc cannot be trusted, and whoever trusts them will be deceived, and in the end they will be cornered and fall into the dilemma of life and death.
But is this really the case?
In fact, even in the face of such a lesson as the collapse of the Soviet Union, there are still quite a few Chinese who are still stubborn. To this day, some people are still advocating that China follow the evil path of Westernization and democratization like the Soviet Union, and are still trying to use Western political and economic programs to transform China, and they are still trying to copy the Western path of modernization and imitate their social model. There is still a lot of room for such people to operate in China at present, and they have also formed a very strong power group, and this is a reality that people cannot but face squarely.
In the face of such a reality, we cannot expect Russia's disillusionment with the United States and the West to shock and alert China to much extent. In fact, as people can see, fantasies and delusions about the United States and the West similar to those of Russia are still prevalent in today's Chinese society, and all kinds of manifestations and statements are quite adequate and in place, with the following characteristics:
First, it pins its hopes on cooperation from the United States, hoping to accelerate China's economic development and technological progress and help China realize its peaceful reunification.
Second, pinning their hopes on the United States' recognition and recognition of China's national rejuvenation, some people have made frank explanations to the United States, trying to convince the United States that China's development and growth will not challenge the United States, but will safeguard the existing international order and strengthen the United States' global leadership position.
Third, it hopes that the hegemon will be able to change its evil ways and return to the right, and under China's unremitting urging, it will abandon the Cold War mentality, abandon the strategic setting of treating China as the number one opponent, give up the threat of force and war and aggression, turn over a new leaf, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha.
These fantasies and delusions are very dangerous and stupid, and they will only make China fall into passivity and predicament, will only make China miss opportunities for development and countermeasures, and will only make China lose its initiative and advantage. We must be soberly aware that the hegemonic bloc will not easily give up suppressing and containing China, they will not sincerely accept China's rise and challenge, they will not voluntarily give up their global hegemony, and they will not coexist peacefully with China for a win-win situation. We must resolutely wage a strategic struggle against the hegemonic bloc, we must resolutely defend our national interests and national dignity, and we must confidently follow our own path of development and national rejuvenation.
Russia's lesson is China's wake-up call, we cannot repeat Russia's mistakes, we must not have any unrealistic illusions about the West, we cannot believe in any promises and promises made by the West, we can only rely on our own strength and wisdom, go our own way, and safeguard our own interests and dignity. This is our historical responsibility and our national mission.