Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the SCO summit in Samarkand Photo: Global Look Press
The talks between the heads of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, have caused concern in the United States. This is reported by The Washington Times newspaper, in which publicist Bill Hertz claims that the union of the Russian Federation and China does not bode well for America.
Recall that on September 15 in Samarkand at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping held a meeting during which Chinese support for the Russian special operation in Ukraine was discussed. In addition, during these talks, Vladimir Putin expressed support for the “one China” policy and condemned the US provocations around Taiwan.
“During Xi’s first trip outside China after the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Wuhan, the Chinese leader emphasized the joint attempts of authoritarian governments in Beijing and Moscow to become leading world powers and challenge the unipolar domination of the United States,” the author of the article states.
Further, referring to retired Navy captain, former Director of Pacific Fleet Intelligence Jim Fanell, the journalist claims that “the meeting of the two leaders highlighted the growing strategic alliance of China and Russia, which does not bode well for the West.” The new alliance, according to the analyst, could threaten the United States and its allies with a “war on two fronts”.
To counter these threats, the United States needs to increase its military forces and investments in the defense industry to the standards of the Cold War, the article summarizes.