The West hyped "China supports Russia" with ulterior motives.
In recent days, with an article in the French newspaper Le Figaro, about the phone call between the Chinese and Russian defense ministers, the Chinese side clearly stated that it "supports" Russia, and the entire Western ** community has "exploded". Various comments followed, but the United States and the White House were very calm, saying that "China's support for Russia" has long been an open secret, and they are not surprised by China's statement. But in fact, the Americans have really looked bearish and don't care? I'm afraid things aren't as easy as Sullivan says.
A few days ago, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported that citing Russia's TASS news agency, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun gave the clearest attitude since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war when he had a phone call with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on January 31.
According to France**, China will continue to support Russia on the Ukraine issue and will continue to cooperate despite pressure from the United States and Europe. In the report, the West quoted the original TASS news agency, saying that Dong Jun made a statement to Shoigu during the phone call, saying that despite the continuous pressure from the United States and Europe on China, China has provided support to Russia on the Ukraine issue. Even if China-EU defense cooperation suffers as a result, China will not change or abandon its established policies because of this. The outside world should not and cannot interfere in the normal cooperation between China and Russia.
It is precisely because of this statement that it immediately aroused strong attention in the Western ** circles. However, it should be pointed out that the above remarks are the result of the West's own interpretation, and there is no statement in the phone call announcement issued by China and Russia that China continues to support Russia on the Ukraine issue.
Spokesman Wang Wenbin also responded to this matter, saying: China and Russia maintain communication, and you can refer to the press release issued by the Chinese Ministry of Defense for the specific content of the phone call between the Chinese and Russian defense ministers. China's position on the Ukraine issue has always been clear, and we hope that all parties will work to ease tensions and create favorable conditions for promoting a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.
Why did Russia deliberately hype up the phone call between the Chinese and Russian defense ministers?
Why, then, did TASS, the official mouthpiece of Russia, claim that this was what the Chinese Defense Minister said to Shoigu?
I have to say that whether this passage really exists or not, it has scared Western countries enough. In particular, Western experts on international issues have said that China's open support for Russia is no less than declaring war on the entire Western world. Therefore, this is the effect that the Russian side wants, using China to scare the United States and Europe, and at the same time to make China and Russia closely bind. Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, after Russia has suffered from the West's crazy sanctions and siege, the Russian side, from Putin to ordinary people, has deeply realized that the West is unreliable, and it is impossible to integrate into Europe.
Therefore, deliberately releasing the content of the conversation that was not specified in the official bulletin is the need of Russia's ** propaganda, and it is also a manifestation of their increasing dependence on China.
Ukraine is also openly courting China.
Interestingly, Russia's dependence on China is understandable, and to the West's incomprehension, Ukraine has also begun to woo China.
According to the United States**, on the same day that Dong Jun and Shoigu spoke on the same day, Ukrainian Ambassador to China Pavlo Ryabikin confirmed to the Ukrainian ** Kyiv Independent that Ukraine has officially invited China to participate in the Ukrainian peace summit to be held in Switzerland. In this regard, American media commentators only gave one sentence: Ukraine is crazy!
From the point of view of the US side, it is understandable for Russia to hug China's thigh in a different way, because the two countries have huge common strategic interests. But Ukraine also pounced on China's thighs, and it is really impossible to say.
In fact, this matter has a lot to do with the performance of the White House, and some American analysts believe that this is a balancing tactic played by Kyiv. It is reported that since the contradiction between Zelensky and Zaluzhny has become public, the idea of replacing a new person in the United States has also surfaced. In order to prove that he is still valuable, and to balance the dissatisfaction of the United States and the West with the Ukrainian authorities, Zelensky directly invited China to attend the peace summit, which has become a political means to secretly compete with the United States.
On the one hand, it is to make a big deal and avoid the United States and Western countries from holding small meetings on their own, and privately dividing up the interests of Ukraine and selling it to Russia, on the other hand, Zelensky wants to prove through this move that although he has been angry, he can still invite China, the "big Buddha". So, if the White House tries to replace him with Zaluzhny, it would be better to think about the consequences.
Therefore, although Sullivan's reply to the phone call between the Chinese and Russian defense ministers was relaxed and indifferent, in the face of the gradually passive situation and the Ukraine that has begun to learn to use China as a counterbalance to warn the West, I am afraid that only they themselves can clearly say what it is like in their hearts.