Shi visit to Russia holds China’s engagement in Europe

Since Donald C. Trump injecting chaos in the world through America’s alliances and threatening economic turmoil in its steps from definitions. China tried to sell ConsistentWe will be the power of global stability during a turbulent period.

This stadium will be more difficult as Shi Jinping Moscow will visit this week to hold talks with President Vladimir F. Putin from Russia, who will respect the Chinese leader as the “main guest” in a military procession on Friday, represents the eighties of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

For Mr. Shi and Mr. Putin, the visit is an opportunity to exhaust their legitimacy as leaders of the countries that defeated Germany fascism and the imperial Japan. Mr. Xi wants to use the anniversary of the similarities between fascism and what he described as American bullying.

“We must learn from history, draw wisdom and strength from deep lessons in World War II and the great victory of the anti -fascist war, and they oppose firmness of all forms of domination and power policy, and created a better future for humanity,” Mr. Shi said in an article signed in the Russian media on Wednesday.

But his presence alongside Mr. Putin in Red Square will inevitably mention China’s support for the Russian war in Ukraine, which was wandering for more than three years, killing hundreds of thousands of European security.

The visibility of the visit may undermine China’s efforts to reform its relationship with Europe to try to compensate for the pain of its commercial war, punishing the United States. American and Chinese officials Initial trade talks will take place this week In Switzerland, but the possibility of a long fight is still high. China needs to maintain access to markets like Europe or even expand it, due to its previously intended exports to American buyers.

“The presence of Shi in Moscow, alongside Putin, will be a blatant reminder to Europe about the extent of the proximity of this relationship, and the threat that he can one day be put on the eastern wing of NATO,” said Noah Parkin, the chief adviser to the Rodium Group and his colleague in the German Marshall Fund in the United States, based in Berlin.

Mr. Parkin added that this rapprochement recently overwhelmed him through the attempts of Mr. Trump to conclude a peace deal in Ukraine, which has preferred strongly Russia.

Beijing has always sought to peel the archaeological countries of the European Union from the influence of Washington. These efforts have been strengthened by tensions on human rights; A commercial imbalance in yawning feeding it Chinese exports flooding Like electric cars; More importantly, the continuous diplomatic and economic support of China for Russia despite the war in Ukraine.

In recent days, Beijing is trying to start melting ice with Brussels, sensing a slot from the Atlantic Alliance Broken due to the Trump administration’s hostility towards Europe. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr. Xi called for a “healthy and stable healthy relationship for the European Union.”

On Tuesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China and the European Parliament have agreed to remove the restrictions imposed on exchanges between its officials, and confirmed that China has filed sanctions against European Parliament members. Analysts have seen China’s moves as an attempt to persuade Europeans to re -talk on a stalled investment agreement, although there is little enthusiasm in Brussels to do so.

Mr. Xi is trying to obtain a “risky diplomatic balance”, in the hope that he can use divisions in Europe between those who view China as a threat, and those who consider it a vital commercial partner, Alika BashulskaExpert in Chinese foreign policy at the European Council for Foreign Relations.

But in Beijing on Tuesday, the European Union ambassador to China, Jorge Toulido, used a speech at a reception celebrating relations between the European Union and China to highlight clearly how Russia’s war on Ukraine was highly weighing 27 countries.

“The European Union will stand with Ukraine, whatever the time it takes,” said Mr. Toledo at an event attended by a senior diplomat in China.

To show China’s friendship with Russia, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army guard will perform in the process of victory on Friday in Moscow. Mr. Putin has long importance on May 9, the day that Moscow celebrates its victory over the Nazis. The Soviet Union lost an estimated 27 million soldiers during the war, which is an amazing number of death, which many Russians seen as the high cost that Moscow had to carry to save the world from the fascist threat.

The Russian leader took advantage of this emotional history to motivate his forces fighting against Ukraine, where the leader Ukraine falsely, President Voludmir Zelinski, a Jew, as the head of the Nazi government, must be defeated again, regardless of the cost.

Perhaps no foreign leader was more useful for Mr. Putin in that war more than Mr. Shi. When Russia faced isolation from the West, China increased its participation with Moscow, keeping the Russian economy standing on its feet through oil purchases and other natural resources and providing Russia with bilateral technology and components to maintain the war effort. China also reduced shocks on the Russian consumer economy, becoming a large seller of cars and other strong commodities, as western brands fell from the Russian market.

As much as Mr. Xi wants to beat Europe, his relationship with Mr. Putin is very important. Russia is seen as a decisive budget for the United States and a partner in forming an alternative global system suspected of Western domination.

“He stands beside Putin Seitor that he has influence, has bet on the right horse, and the audience will be locally and in the global south,” said Alexander Gabic, Director of the Carnegie Russia Center in Eurasia, in reference to developing countries.

Mr. Putin said last month that Mr. Xi will be the “main guest” of Russia at the victory day celebrations. Mr. Putin said that Moscow will deal with the Chinese leader’s journey, as it extends from May 7 to 10, as a “separate visit” with bilateral talks and events. The leaders are expected to sign agreements, and in September, Mr. Putin will visit China when Beijing marks the end of World War II.

Mr. Putin and Mr. Shi, who met dozens of times in the past decade, are regularly talking about a stable, lasting and long -term relationship between their countries. The dropping of solidarity with Russia is very important for China at a time when President Trump continued an attempt to converge with Moscow during the launch of a trade war against Beijing.

“The priority was to indicate the United States that China and Russia are participating in an unbreakable bond. Now, with American efforts to mediate a peace agreement in Ukraine on a dead end,” “there are more incentives between China and Russia to provide a strong image to align them.”

Zixu Wang Contribute to the research from Hong Kong.