A few days ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has paid a friendly visit to China, and China and Russia have discussed economic cooperation between the two countries, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and other related matters, and reached a series of consensus, which has also paved the way for President Putin's possible visit to China. And just before Foreign Minister Lavrov's visit to China, the already thriving trade between China and Russia once again came with good news: in the past year or so, Russia has sent 40 trains carrying agricultural products to China, and the Chinese market accounts for 44% of Russia's export share of agricultural products in 2023. It can be seen from this that the normal economic and trade cooperation and economic exchanges between China and Russia are really in full swing and in full swing!
However, what makes people feel speechless is that the thriving economic and trade cooperation and economic exchanges between China and Russia have aroused dissatisfaction and opposition from the United States. A few days ago, when US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited China, she specifically mentioned that Chinese companies should not "support" Russia's defense industry, otherwise there would be "major consequences". Then, we can't help but ask, why is the normal economic and trade exchanges between China and Russia so dissatisfied, even fearful, that the United States is so dissatisfied?
We know that in order to strike at Russia's national power, the United States single-handedly concocted and instigated the Russia-Ukraine conflict. However, what the United States did not expect was that a Russia-Ukraine conflict not only did not defeat Russia, but made Russia grow from the war. This article puts aside the military, only talks about the economy, under a Russian-Ukrainian war, despite the crazy "sanctions" of the United States and the West, Russia's economy has rebounded rapidly after the blow in the early stage, and even "rose against the trend" by 3.6% last year, becoming the first economy in Europe and the fifth largest economy in the world in one fell swoop. Not only has unemployment in Russia been significantly reduced, but various trade cooperation is steadily advancing.
The United States and the West are puzzled as to why Russia's economy has been able to achieve such a good situation despite such severe "economic sanctions"? After thinking about it, the United States and the West have pointed the spearhead at China, holding that it is precisely China's so-called "support" for Russia that has enabled Russia to reverse its economic predicament. So is that really the case?
In fact, the accusations made by the United States and the West against China are groundless at all, and they are nothing more than a lack of skill. The massive demand created by the war, as well as Russia's own efforts, is the biggest reason for the "bucking trend" of the Russian economy. Due to the demands of the war, a large number of workshops in Russia have been flooded with orders like snowflakes. The vitality of Russia's heavy industry, especially the defense industry, has been greatly enhanced, and heavy industry, in turn, feeds back light industry and other industries, which is the reason for the development of the Russian economy.
China's position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict has always been that of being an outsider and a neutral one, promoting peace talks, and China has maintained good economic cooperation with both Russia and Ukraine. The economic, trade, and energy cooperation between China and Russia is an incomparably legitimate and normal economic and trade exchange between countries, which is beyond reproach. However, the United States only saw that its "big stick of sanctions" was out of order, so it was unwilling, so it pointed fingers at the economic and trade cooperation between China and Russia.
The more the United States is afraid, the more China and Russia must do it. According to the information that is now known, China and Russia are promoting local currency settlement, hoping to gradually attack the "lifeblood" of the United States - the hegemony of the dollar. In addition, Lavrov's visit to China this time shows that China and Russia will further intensify cooperation and expand the scope of cooperation during President Putin's current six-year term, and it is believed that Russia's 40 trains going to China are only the beginning, and there are still unlimited possibilities for future cooperation between China and Russia.