19-05-2024, 04:51 PM
Harbin in northeast China stands for the relations between the two countries like no other metropolis. At the end of the 19th century, troops of the Russian Empire occupied the city in what was then Manchuria.
In 1946 the Soviets gave the city back to Mao and his Red Army soldiers.
“Tensions and border conflicts in Russia’s Far East are deep,” wrote analyst Timothy Ash on the Substack platform. "Many Russians see China as the greatest long-term threat to Russia's security."
Currently, however, China and Russia seem to be ignoring these structural conflicts. After Putin's visit, it may have become even more difficult for the USA to separate Beijing from its close alliance with Moscow. The protective tariffs imposed on Chinese electric vehicles and solar cells on Tuesday are also likely to have made Xi and the Chinese Communist Party less friendly towards Washington.
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000...-vergessen
In 1946 the Soviets gave the city back to Mao and his Red Army soldiers.
“Tensions and border conflicts in Russia’s Far East are deep,” wrote analyst Timothy Ash on the Substack platform. "Many Russians see China as the greatest long-term threat to Russia's security."
Currently, however, China and Russia seem to be ignoring these structural conflicts. After Putin's visit, it may have become even more difficult for the USA to separate Beijing from its close alliance with Moscow. The protective tariffs imposed on Chinese electric vehicles and solar cells on Tuesday are also likely to have made Xi and the Chinese Communist Party less friendly towards Washington.
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000...-vergessen