The China and Russia partnership presents a growing 'existential threat' to the US, and the Biden administration needs to take notice and work to prevent Beijing and Moscow's ambitions.
Author Rebekah Koffler describes the relationship between China and Russia as not being 'natural allies,' claiming there is 'suspicion' between the two nations on 'Fox News Live.'Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping met Thursday in Uzbekistan during the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a sort of Asian version of NATO.
Russia and China may even step in to help each other in a conflict if either faces defeat by NATO. They have been practicing joint combat drills since 2005. Most recent ly,"Vostok-2022" simulated a Russia-China"joint special operation," responding to the perceived threat from Japan, South Korea,and the U.S. Such joint military planning augments interoperability between the two militaries.
. The two nations have already set up a method to make bilateral transactions in rubles or yuan instead of euros or dollars, bypassing the Western SWIFT system. Plans are underway to integrate China’s Belt & Road Initiative with Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union. This trend plays into China’s long-range goal of replacing the dollar with Chinese yuan as the preferred international reserves currency.
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