According to the global network, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Beijing on April 8 to start a two-day visit to China. After learning that the Russian foreign minister will visit China, the United States and the West, as always, have begun to slander Sino-Russian relations again in a vain attempt to forcibly link the normal bilateral cooperation between China and Russia with the Ukraine issue. Before Yellen left China, she sang and made peace with Blinken, who was far away in Europe, threatening that as long as Chinese companies help Russia, they will be "punished" by the United States and the West.
Yellen
In the face of threats from the United States and the West, this time the Chinese side was unceremonious. At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spokesperson Mao Ning bluntly stated that relevant countries must not smear and slander the normal relations between China and Russia, let alone harm the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, and if not, China will take resolute measures to respond. In addition, when he met with Lavrov at a joint press conference, Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a public showdown with NATO, clearly stating that he opposes the creation of a "small circle" of bloc confrontation, that NATO should not extend its hand to our common homeland, and that any words and deeds of division and confrontation will have no market and future in the Asia-Pacific region.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi's words have two meanings. First, warning NATO in the presence of the Russian Foreign Minister is also a fair word for Russia. In addition to the complicated historical and ethnic factors, the main reason why Russia has not had good relations with its Eastern European neighbors is that NATO has played an ignominious role in it. Since its founding, NATO has been approaching Russia step by step, and it has not shy away from saying that it is aimed at Russia. A military bloc full of Cold War colors is approaching, and for Russia, it is impossible to choose to turn a blind eye, which is one of the important reasons for the fragility of geopolitical security in Eastern Europe, and it is also the deep reason for the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi
And the dominant figure behind all this is the United States. The formation of NATO by the United States can not only strengthen its control over Europe through this bloc, but also use the pro-American countries in Eastern Europe to continue to contain and consume Russia. One of the core purposes of Russia's choice to move against Ukraine is to establish a sufficient buffer zone between Russia and NATO, that is, the Luton area that the Russian army now actually controls.
If NATO fails to respond head-on to Russia's security concerns, even if Russia and Ukraine can achieve a ceasefire, the Ukraine issue will not be fundamentally resolved, and Europe's geosecurity architecture will remain fragile. Therefore, if the United States and Europe really hope that long-term peace will come at an early date, they should stop engaging in separatism and confrontation.
Nato
The second implication is to warn NATO not to get involved in geopolitical issues in the Asia-Pacific region, and to warn regional countries not to build bridges for NATO. In recent years, under the leadership of the United States, NATO has been constantly eye-to-eye with Japan, South Korea, and Australia, and has repeatedly invited high-level officials of these three countries to participate in NATO summits. In NATO's recent communique, China has been mentioned many times, and there is a tendency to cooperate with the United States and extend its black hand to the Asia-Pacific region. Japan and South Korea, on the other hand, in order to break through the "peace constitution" and to gain greater support from the United States on the DPRK-ROK issue, are intending to become springboards for NATO to interfere in Asia-Pacific affairs.
In recent years, China and Russia have been strengthening their strategic linkage in the Asia-Pacific region, and joint naval and air patrols have been gradually institutionalized, which is to remind NATO, Japan and South Korea, that China and Russia are fully prepared and will not tolerate any forces that try to undermine regional peace and stability.
Japan is in collusion with NATO
In addition, the outside world has generally noticed that the treatment of Lavrov's visit to China and Yellen's visit to China is very different. When Lavrov visited China, there was a red carpet at the pick-up site, but Yellen did not. More importantly, Yellen stayed in China for six days without meeting the mainland's top leader, while the Russian foreign minister was received by the mainland's top leader the day after her arrival in China.
The signal sent by this is very clear: if it is to discuss cooperation, promote exchanges and seek win-win results, China welcomes it very much. However, those visitors who do not keep their word and even try to harm China's interests still need to be self-aware of why they are treated differently from other countries.