Putin is Xi’s Puppet - He Just Doesn’t Realise It Yet
For now, it suits the CCP’s hand to play Putin against Europe. But it won’t last.
by Matthew Henderson
September 4, 2024
On Monday, en route to Mongolia in open contempt of its International Criminal Court obligation to arrest him as a war criminal, Vladimir Putin told a class of Siberian children that some youngsters in his family have learnt to speak Chinese fluently. He said that growing economic, political, and social contacts between Moscow and Beijing make Chinese a popular foreign language for Russians to learn.
This unusual personal revelation by the Russian dictator tells us about how his regime views its interactions with Chinese authoritarian power. He sees them as involved in an ever-closer partnership, tied to a political and intelligence nexus, with shared ambitions to collectively overthrow the global geopolitical status quo.
He is right in one sense and wrong in another. Yes, they are in partnership – but only for now. Before long the Chinese dragon seems destined to turn on its current ally. In fact, there is already some evidence it is doing so.
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