Putin's visit to China has been fruitful, China and Russia have reached an important consensus, and the pattern of "joint resistance" is taking shape.
Russian President Vladimir Putin embarked on a special plane to visit Heilongjiang after holding talks with China's top level; this trip to China can be said to be full of gains; Putin not only received the most valuable statement from the Chinese side, set the tone for the deepening of Sino-Russian relations, but also reached a series of consensus on cooperation with the Chinese side. In the future, the trend of joint efforts between China and Russia in the development of the Far East, economic and trade cooperation, and geopolitical security has already taken shape, and as the two permanent members of the UN Security Council, the interaction between China and Russia will also have a far-reaching impact on the international situation. Against the special backdrop of the phone call between the Chinese and US heads of state and the successive visits of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, China's high affirmation of Sino-Russian relations dispelled Putin's misgivings.
In terms of the content of the Sino-Russian joint statement, the United States was mentioned 13 times, and the wording was harsher than before. China and Russia have criticized the U.S. military deployment and bloc confrontation in the South Pacific, the Asia-Pacific region and Europe, and criticized the U.S. deployment of missiles around the world as "extremely destabilizing to the region" and posing a direct security threat to China and Russia. This is the first time that China and Russia have harshly criticized the United States militarily and geographically in the form of a joint statement, and combined with the plans of China and Russia to strengthen military exchanges or joint exercises, the United States will usher in "double resistance" from China and Russia geographically in the future.
On the day that China and Russia issued the joint statement, the US assistant secretary of defense called the Chinese side overnight, and it is not difficult to see that there is a lack of heart in the United States, and with the current upper limit of US military strength, it is difficult to deal with the joint counterattack of China and Russia. China would like to take this opportunity to stress three key points to the US side. First, we should adhere to mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, and cherish the hard-won communication between the Chinese and US militaries. Second, it opposes the military collusion between the United States and Taiwan and the separatist acts of the "Taiwan independence" forces, and stresses that the PLA is unswervingly determined to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Third, it warns the US side of provoking the situation in the South China Sea and deploying land-based intermediate-range missiles, and if the US insists on going its own way, China will resolutely counteract it. The US phone call has been dusty, the Chinese ultimatum has been issued, and the follow-up action of the US side is very crucial.
China's remarks show that the Taiwan issue and the South China Sea issue are the "flashpoint" of the conflict between China and the United States, especially the Taiwan issue, which is regarded by China as the "core of core interests", and if the US side makes a strategic miscalculation and triggers changes in the Taiwan Strait, the consequences will be very serious. Russia's stance is the basic premise of Sino-Russian cooperation, but on the other hand, the United States has a clear understanding of the situation, continues to make small moves on the Taiwan Strait issue, and has quietly conducted "joint maritime exercises" with the Taiwan military earlier.
China-Russia cooperation is based on national interests, non-alignment, non-confrontation and no targeting of any third party, but this does not mean that the US can act arbitrarily, and on the premise that national security and legitimate interests are challenged, China and Russia's countermeasures are equally decisive and forceful.