The Russian-Ukrainian war has been going on for more than two years, and at the beginning of this war, many people thought that the Russian army would quickly "liberate" Ukraine within a week. But later events proved that Ukraine eased up with the support of the United States and Western countries, and even fought a protracted war and a war of attrition with hundreds of thousands of Russian troops.
In this regard, there is no shortage of people who have proposed that Putin should seek peace with the United States, so that Russia's national strength will not decline to the point of irretrievability. But these people should remember that as early as 70 years ago, Peng Dehuai, commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Volunteers, said that the consequences of submitting to the United States would be soft.
The picture shows the scene of the Russian-Ukrainian war
The contradictions between the United States and Russia are difficult to reconcile
The Russian-Ukrainian war, although Ukraine consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, what really deals with the Russian army is the weapons and ammunition sent by the United States, and even individual military advisers and mercenaries from NATO. These are all things that Putin did not think of before sending troops, according to relevant intelligence, Putin has allocated billions of dollars to the Russian Federal Security Service to buy off officials in important Ukrainian departments.
But the truth backfired, the FSB people deceived the superiors and subordinates, and finally embezzled the money, resulting in strong resistance from the Russian troops who rushed into Ukraine, especially the first batch of Russian airborne troops to break into the area around Kyiv was almost completely annihilated.
The picture shows the Russian Airborne Forces
Immediately afterwards, the United States began to carry out large-scale assistance to Ukraine, according to statistics, the United States has assisted Ukraine with a total of more than 130 billion US dollars in two years, including humanitarian and military assets, which is the fundamental reason why Ukraine persists. It can be said that Putin is single-handedly resisting the all-out proxy war and economic and trade sanctions of Western countries led by the United States, and it is not easy for Putin to persist to this day.
The main reason why the contradictions between the United States and Russia have reached such a high point is that the United States does not recognize Russia's status as a great power, and in fact, since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the United States has not taken Russia seriously. Once, when Russian President Boris Yeltsin proposed that Russia wanted to join NATO, US President Clinton sternly rejected it and was ridiculed.
Pictured are Yeltsin and Clinton
This fully shows that Russia has "bowed its head" to the United States and sued for peace, but has not won the respect of the United States, but has intensified its efforts and gradually allowed NATO to expand eastward to Russia's doorstep. The former republics and satellite states of the Soviet Union have basically defected to the United States and NATO, and the next step is Russia, which is absolutely unacceptable to Putin, who is known for being a strongman.
Of course, Putin's countermeasures are war, and since we can't talk about them together, we will see it on the battlefield. And the United States provoked a proxy war in Ukraine, the ultimate goal is to weaken Russia's national strength to the greatest extent, and it is best to make Russia "disintegrate" again, so that Russia will no longer be a big country, but a medium country with only nuclear bombs and energy.
The picture shows Chinese cars exported to Russia
It is hard to say, because Russia is now under attack from the enemy and is frequently harassed by opposition and terrorist organizations at home, but thanks to China's economic and trade support, Putin can still have the money to continue to run the war
The historical longitude and latitude of Sino-US relations
US-Russian relations will only get worse, so where will Sino-US relations go? At present, we can only say that Sino-US relations will not be too good or too bad.
It doesn't mean that China and the United States are two countries with very different histories, cultures, ideologies, and development directions, and it is impossible for China and the United States to develop into natural allies. In addition, it is impossible for China and the United States to be subservient to the other side and be willing to be the little brothers, especially the Americans, who have a cowboy spirit in their bones and the "savior" mentality of the Anglo-Saxon nation, let alone look at China squarely.
The picture shows the Chinese People's Volunteers crossing the Yalu River
To say that Sino-US relations will not be too bad means that China and the United States are already the world's first and second largest countries after all, and there are too many intersections between the two sides in the economic, trade, cultural and other fields, and it will be difficult to decouple for a while. Some people say that China and the United States will go to war in a few years, but this is actually unfounded.
China and the United States did not have a war 70 years ago, when the Chinese Volunteers, under the command of Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai, defeated the Americans on the Korean Peninsula. Several battles, such as Changjin Lake and Shangganling, have been an eternal pain for the Americans, and they have suffered unprecedented defeats. Peng Dehuai once said that a tiger's desire to eat people depends only on its stomach and intestines, and it cannot make concessions to the United States.
The picture shows Peng Dehuai
Although the Americans eventually helped South Korea retain a foothold, they felt the invincibility of the Chinese for the first time. In particular, the newly founded New China broke out with such combat effectiveness that the Americans had no choice but to stop their aggression.
After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, Sino-US relations are still full of twists and turns, mainly because the United States wants to show China the way, but China will certainly not listen to him. China wants to build itself into a great socialist country, but the United States only wants China to be its vassal, and this is the root cause of the Sino-US contradictions in the new era.
The direction of development of U.S.-China relations
It is precisely because the Americans feel the pain of history that they do not dare to easily launch another war against China, even if their overall military, scientific and technological strength, and economic strength surpass China's, but the pain is long-lasting. At present, the United States is mainly provoking and containing China in supporting and instigating Japan, the Philippines, and other neighboring countries of China to make trouble.
At the same time, the United States is more afraid of China's reunification. With regard to the Taiwan issue, which has dragged on for decades, the United States still supports Taiwan's non-reunification and independence, and maintains the status quo in order to consume China's patience and let the People's Liberation Army (PLA) take the lead in dealing with Russia, and then use the same set of measures against Russia as it does against China, such as economic and trade sanctions and isolation of the international community.
The picture shows the gate of Gwadar Port
But China is not stupid either, seeing the foreplay of the Americans against Putin, it is impossible for China to stretch its neck over again. China's "taoguang and obscurity" is not over yet.
At present, China is speeding up the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in the Gwadar port of Pakistan is progressing step by step. The Americans are anxious and do not rule out their ambitions to create trouble in Pakistan and interfere with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor by supporting proxies.
Pictured is Blinken
China still welcomes China-US cooperation, because China still needs industrial upgrading and opening up, and still has not achieved the medium- and long-term goals of national development. At the same time, the United States also needs China, China's market, capital and national influence, at least during the successive visits to China by Yellen, Blinken and other senior US officials, we do not see a reason for China and the United States to fall out or fight.
In short, in international affairs, there are no eternal friends and no permanent enemies. In Sino-US relations, we must persist in fighting through cooperation and seek cooperation in the course of struggle.
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