Russian President Putin conducted a state visit to China on May 16, and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and issued a joint statement.China ’s high specifications reception in Putin shows that the relationship with Russia will not change due to the pressure of the West.Although the joint statement emphasizes that China and Russia do not associate with the third parties, they criticize the United States in a large space, reflecting the consistent views of China and Russia on the international situation.The trend of Eastern and Western camps is further obvious.At the same time, China and Western camps should try to keep the relationship without rupture before the Geority dagger.
Although China attaches great importance to relations with Russia, it is also due to the hostileness of the Western camp in diplomacy, and it is also necessary to ensure that Russia is a strategic buffer.However, in the face of the huge pressure of western groups such as the United States and Europe, including repeated warnings in the language and crackdown on individual policies. While strengthening cooperation with Russia, Beijing also strives to maintain diplomatic independence space to avoid relationships with Western relations with Western relations.Comprehensive deterioration, especially not to break with the United States and Europe in the Russian and Ukraine topic.This is because in terms of economic and trade interests, although China needs to enter Russia's energy, it is more needed to export markets of the Western Group in terms of driving growth.
The United States, which has done a lot of pressure before Putin's visit to China, responded by the State Council spokesperson, saying that it was not acceptable to support the Russian military industry and indirectly assisted Putin to invade Ukraine. China must not meet the source between Russia and the West.However, Beijing still strives to develop diplomatic space.Xi Jinping visited the three European countries such as France on May 6. Part of the reason may be that the position of the Western camp is not a iron plate.For example, in terms of excess capacity in China, the automotive industry relies on the Chinese market in Germany to oppose the European Union's tough policy.However, the diplomatic space that China can move is limited after all. For example, it is against Russia's invasion of Ukraine and then against China to support Russia. The internal differences in the West are not large.
Even in economic and trade issues, China still has to face Europe's pressure.After the European Commission President Feng Delin talks with Xi Jinping, Paris, in Paris, he emphasized that the European Union does not avoid tough operations. If necessary, various means will be used to protect the European economy and security.Still no solution.Until the end of the Russian and Ukraine War, maintaining economic and trade exchanges with Russia will inevitably make improvements with the EU.In 2023, China -Russia bilateral cargo trade exceeded US $ 200 billion, an increase of 26.3%year -on -year. The West believed that many military and civilian materials, such as machine tools, optical equipment, electronic sensors, and telecommunications equipment for manufacturing military equipment.
In terms of specific pressure, the United States has been walking in front of the European Union.On May 14, before Putin's visit to China, the White House announced that it would impose tariffs on $ 18 billion in products imported from China, of which the tariffs on electric vehicles will rise from 25%to 100%.The US -China trade volume was about $ 575 billion in 2023, so the symbolic significance of this round of tariffs was greater than substantial significance.From China, it has not adopted a specific retaliation judgment on the United States. Beijing realized that this was an election action for President Bayeng to fight for re -election, so he deliberately did not have extraordinary branches.However, the United States in other fields such as high -tech blockade has not slowed the rhythm, and the potential conflict points of both parties are still many.
Generally, China and Russia are waiting for the important variables of the results of the US election, because Trump, which has come back to China, holds a position that is different from Bayidon on the topic of trade against China and the Russian and Ukraine War.However, another variable that may intensify the opposition of the East and West camps is the Russian and Ukraine battlefield.After the US Congress approved a new batch of support for the Ukraine, the material advantage of the Russian army was likely to be offset.Once the situation is reversed, Russia needs a large and timely foreign aid, and the contradiction between China and the United States and Europe may be sharp.How can the two sides respond at that time, or determine the direction and pattern of global geopolitics.
Xi Jinping's three -sided talks with French President Macron and Feng Delin have no breakthroughs in the differences between China and Europe on the issue of trade inequality and the issue of the Russian and Ukraine War.The contradiction between China -Europe trade has recently worsening. After the European Union conducted an anti -dumping survey on China Makou Iron and Wooden Floor, China announced an anti -dumping investigation of the import and co -formaldehyde of imports native to the EU, the United States, Taiwan, and Japan.The Chinese issue will continue to be speculated before the presidential election in the United States in November, and it may be difficult to change after the election.Given that China's diplomacy against Russia will not change the string, the opposition structure of Eastern and Western camps has not yet seen signs of changes.
