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Pompeo: The CCP is a modern central threat, Taiwan is a country respected by the world
Reporters : Zhang Qiling and Gao Jianlun / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/04/a103364128.html / Image : Video Screenshot
Former US Secretary of State Pompeo visited Taiwan and delivered a public speech in Taiwan today (4th) on CCP's commitment breach to Ukraine. Pompeo also emphasized that the CCP is the central threat of modern times, and the United States defends Taiwan just like the United States defended West Berlin back then. Pompeo also emphasized that the United States should recognize Taiwan, the Republic of China diplomatically.
After arriving in Taiwan on 2 March 2022, former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo met with President Tsai Ing-wen, Vice President Lai Qingde and President Su Zhenchang of the Republic of China. This morning, Pompeo also gave a speech in Taipei.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo said, "So I have emphasized many times that many countries agree that the danger posed by the Chinese Communist Party is the central threat of our time." "I think the U.S. government should immediately take the necessary and long overdue measures to do the right and obvious thing, which is to diplomatically recognize Taiwan, the Republic of China, as a free and sovereign state. (Applause.) It's not about Taiwan's future independence, it's about recognizing an unmistakable reality that already exists. That's reality, this is the reality, many of your past and present leaders have made it clear that there is no need for Taiwan to declare independence because she is already an independent country. Her name is Taiwan, the Republic of China, and the American people and government should accept this from the fundamentally decent and morally right thing to do. It's easy. The people of Taiwan deserve the respect of the world as they continue on this path of freedom, democracy and sovereignty."
After the 20-minute keynote speech, Pompeo also accepted live questions. In addition, this afternoon, Pompeo also held a press conference to accept questions from Taiwanese and foreign media.
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Pompeo's speech in Taipei: The world should not tolerate the CCP's evil deeds
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/04/a103364074.html / Image : Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a speech at the Grand Hyatt Taipei in the morning of 4 March 2022. (Central News Agency)
Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo said in a speech in Taipei on 4 March 2022 that the CCP's evil deeds are endless. After the CCP took over Hong Kong, it then threatened Taiwan, the South China Sea and Diaoyutai. Appeasement should continue.
Mike Pompeo delivered a speech at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Taipei in the morning of 4 March. He said that the CCP's evil deeds are innumerable. During his tenure as US Secretary of State, he comprehensively sanctioned CCP officials who violated human rights, strengthened military relations with US allies, and increased U.S. military investment. In terms of key supply chains, reducing the United States' dependence on China has awakened the world to recognize the threat of the CCP to the United States and the world.
He mentioned the importance of freedom several times, referring to the fact that after the CCP took over Hong Kong, and then targeted Taiwan, the South China Sea and the Diaoyu Islands, "Should we continue to appease? Or sacrifice freedom and security in exchange for agreements that are not respected?"
He said that the Taiwanese people's deep distrust of the CCP authorities also serves as a warning to the world. When dealing with the CCP, we must first question and verify.
Pompeo said that the CCP wants to invade Taiwan by force because its leaders believe that China is now stronger than the United States, which greatly increases the global risk. He said that the United States is the most staunch supporter of Taiwan's freedom, and if the CCP takes Taiwan, it will change the global balance of power.
Therefore, he called on the United States to support Taiwan, just as the United States defended West Berlin during the Cold War, and if Taiwan falls, local freedoms will die.
Pompeo served as Secretary of State during the Trump administration. During his tenure, he brought many breakthroughs in Taiwan-US relations, including lifting restrictions on exchanges with Taiwan, normalizing arms sales to Taiwan, and increasing the level of high-level mutual visits between Taiwan and the United States, deepening the relationship between the United States and Taiwan through interactive cooperation.
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News (3) to (5) / Reporters : Lin Cenxin and Luo Ya / Editor : Sun Yun / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/3/3/n13620358.htm
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Confidential Russian documents leaked within 15 days Russia won Ukraine
Image : Russia launched a military operation and met the stubborn resistance of the Ukrainians, and the West offered severe sanctions. The picture shows Ukrainian artillery defending positions in the Luhansk region on 2 March 2022. (Anatoli Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
More and more signs show that the CCP has long known that Russia is going to provoke a war, and has set a 15-day total attack on Ukraine but in reality the war did not go so smoothly. Scholars have analyzed that under the sound of international sanctions, the CCP and Russia are tied together, which may bring the international community into a new Cold War pattern.
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Analysis of the 15-day script of Russia's attack on Ukraine shows that the CCP knew about it early
According to Western intelligence, senior Chinese officials asked senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics, U.S. media reported. The report pointed out that CCP China has a certain degree of understanding of Russia's war plans.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin criticized the report at a press conference on Thursday (March 3) as "purely false information," adding that the move was a distraction, and that "the remarks of blaming the blame are very despicable."
However, the Ukrainian embassy in Japan also exposed a confidential document from the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Twitter. The document shows that the Russian army’s 15-day battle plan is marked on the form. The offensive has been launched since 20 February 2022, and is expected to be completed by 6 March 2022 with Ukraine fully captured. The plan was approved on 18 January 2022.
Image : The Ukrainian embassy in Japan announced on Twitter on the 3rd that classified documents taken from Russia's Black Sea Fleet were obtained. (Retrieved from the Twitter of the Ukrainian Embassy in Japan)
Cheng Qinmo, director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Relations at Tamkang University in Taiwan, told The Epoch Times that intelligence obtained from the West shows that Russia's invasion of Ukraine, "the CCP knew in advance and reached an agreement with Putin on this war, if the word "collaboration"' is used, not too much."
Qinmo Zheng is a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the University of Warsaw, Poland, specializing in European and Russian security policy. He analyzed that there are many signs that Putin's original script was to occupy Kyiv in one to three days, and then support a pro-Russian puppet regime, "Putin should have also promised the CCP that this war will be resolved quickly, and then Russia will protect the interests of the CCP in Ukraine, including the One Belt, One Road Initiative.”
He believes that this also explains why the CCP did not immediately evacuate overseas Chinese when the war broke out. The embassy originally suggested that Ukrainian citizens “can affix the CCP Chinese flag on their bodies.” Later, when the situation reversed and Ukraine stubbornly resisted, the CCP changed its advice. Citizens should not reveal their identities.
Since the start of the war, the United Nations estimates that an estimated 1 million people have been displaced in Ukraine, and hundreds of thousands have fled Ukraine, but a large number of overseas Ukrainians have returned to participate in the war, and the morale of the resistance against the Russian army has not been defeated by the war.
He said, "The whole situation is completely different from the judgment of the CCP and Putin. Putin has caused a big problem. CCP China is too late. The two countries used each other and originally wanted to share the interests of Ukraine."
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The West intensifies sanctions, CCP China and Russia are tied, and it may lead to a new Cold War
Russia provoked the war for no reason and sparked international condemnation. On 3 March 2022, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a request for Russia to withdraw its troops immediately and unconditionally. The CCP chose to abstain. U.S. media Axios analyzed that although this resolution is not mandatory, it reflects the isolation of Russia by the international community one week after its invasion of Ukraine.
Qiu Junrong, a Taiwanese economist and a professor at the Department of Economics of Central University, told The Epoch Times on 3 March, "You can say that it is a new cold war, or even a more intense confrontation between the cold war and the hot war, and its impact is very far-reaching. "
Before Putin detonated the war, the EU was Russia's largest trading partner. In 2021, the bilateral trade volume between Russia and Europe will reach 282 billion U.S. Dollars, accounting for 35.7% of Russia's total import and export volume. The US-Russia trade volume will be 34.4 billion U.S. Dollars in 2021 while iIn 2021, the trade volume of goods between CCP China and Russia will reach 146.87 billion U.S. Dollars.
The European Union, the United States, Canada and other countries announced that they would close their airspace to Russian flights. In response, Russia ordered the prohibition of flights from 36 countries, including Britain and Germany, from entering Russian airspace.
The European Union announced the expulsion of seven Russian banks from SWIFT, and it will not rule out the extension of sanctions to all Russian banks, including those closely linked to energy transactions.
Zheng Qinmo said that since Trump launched a trade war with China in 2018, there has been talk of a new Cold War but because there are still a lot of trade exchanges between the United States and China, and the positions of the West are different, "But Putin initiated this war has united the entire West at once."
In the midst of international sanctions, the CCP has indicated that it will not impose sanctions on Russia. Zheng Qinmo said that the CCP’s attitude of choosing sides is becoming more and more obvious, which further confirms the common doubts of the world that the CCP has been tied to Russia.
Qiu Junrong said that this war has changed the pattern of ideological confrontation and continued economic and trade exchanges in the past, and "turned into a very obvious confrontation between the Sino-Russian alliance and the European and American alliance."
The Russian-Ukrainian war may evolve into a new Cold War pattern in which the West is besieging China and Russia. Zheng Qinmo said, "Now we are writing history, and this war is changing the international system."
News (6) to (9) / Reporters : Luo Ya and Cheng Jing / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/3/3/n13619634.htm
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At a sensitive moment, the power outage in Taiwan caused the CCP’s warships to approach the sea outside Taiwan three times
Image : The picture shows the CCP's Type 055 guided missile destroyer "Nanchang". (Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)
On 3 March 2022, a large-scale second-rated power outage occurred in Taiwan. At this time, the U.S. special mission visited Taiwan on the occasion of the Russian-Ukrainian war to once again show its support for Taiwan. Scholars believe that the Taiwanese people will still adhere to freedom and democracy after tempering, and the Russian war will not last long but the confrontation between the two sides has already formed.
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Power outage in Taiwan at a sensitive moment
The Central News Agency reported that a large-scale and unwarranted power outage occurred in Taiwan in the morning of 3 March. Due to the equipment accident in Xingda Power Plant, 10.5 million watts of electricity was lost in an instant, accounting for about 1/3 of the whole of Taiwan's electricity, affecting 5 million households. However, power was restored in the northern region before noon, and power supply in the southern part was restored one after another in the afternoon.
In this regard, Taiwan's initial judgment was human negligence. Taiwan's Executive Yuan said that night that Minister of Economics Wang Meihua asked President Su Zhenchang for punishment, and Taipower Chairman Yang Weifu and General Manager Zhong Bingli also expressed their resignation and responsibility; Su Zhenchang instructed to wait for the investigation report to be dealt with.
Due to the sensitive timing, it has attracted widespread attention. Li Zhengxiu, a military expert at the National Policy Research Foundation of Taiwan, told The Epoch Times that at present, it should be caused by the operation error of the power plant, and there is no connection with national security.
Qiu Junrong, director of the Department of Economics and deputy dean of the School of Management at Taiwan's Central University, also said that there is no way to confirm whether this matter is a conspiracy, and whether there is man-made manipulation.
Qiu Junrong said, "After such a long period of tempering, the people of Taiwan will not lose confidence in themselves, or change their understanding of the government, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the United States and Taiwan, and the situation in the world because of this."
He said that because of the CCP's too many cognitive operations, the beliefs of the Taiwanese people are firm and cannot be easily changed. So this is a sudden situation, even if it is man-made, it will not have any serious shaking effect on the overall situation.
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The CCP's warships approached the Taiwan Strait three times, and the United States showed its support for Taiwan again
In the past few days, Chinese warships have approached the sea off Taiwan three times. A Taiwanese military official told the Central News Agency this morning that at 10:00 p.m. yesterday (2nd), three Chinese warships were monitored 50 miles southeast of Lanyu and gradually moved outward. On the sea surface, it is determined that these warships will enter the Bashi Strait.
This is the third time that a People's Liberation Army (PLA) warship has appeared in the sea off Lanyu since 28 February 2022. Military sources said that from 7 pm to 11 pm on the 1st, a Chinese missile frigate appeared 50 miles off the coast of Lanyu, sailing south; in the evening of 28 February, three Chinese warships appeared 35 miles off the coast of Lanyu. Sailing to the south, this is the closest voyage to Lanyu in recent days.
A Navy source told a reporter from the Central News Agency that ships entering the surrounding Taiwan Strait can be mastered and monitored by the National Army Joint Surveillance and Reconnaissance System.
Qiu Junrong said that under such a sensitive relationship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the CCP deliberately approached Taiwan through planes or warships. "Actually, it still has to tell Taiwan, and even the world, that its idea of wanting to control Taiwan has not changed. At best, it is just like that."
However, the US envoy recently visited Taiwan in a whirlwind fashion. A senior bipartisan delegation assigned by U.S. President Joe Biden met with President Tsai Ing-wen and other senior government officials yesterday, and has left Taiwan after "fruitful results on issues such as security cooperation".
According to external analysis, this is a warning to the CCP not to act rashly while the Russian-Ukrainian war is fierce. Several U.S. lawmakers proposed sanctions against the CCP yesterday, saying "to prevent Beijing from imitating Moscow!" in order to deter the CCP's attempt to invade Taiwan.
Li Zhengxiu believes that the appearance of the CCP’s warships in the waters off Lanyu is indeed aimed at the U.S. special mission. On the surface, it was protested by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the military kept a low profile, “but the main reason is to avoid being attacked when Russia invaded Ukraine. The fact that various countries identify it as intentionally undermining the peace in the Taiwan Strait also confirms the criticism that China and Russia have joined forces to challenge the current international order."
Pompeo reiterated today that the United States will continue to stand with Taiwan. Freedom cannot be taken for granted, he said, and looking at what is happening in Europe right now, "those who desire to destroy freedom and change the way of life of mankind" see this as their "opportunity".
In his "State of the Union" speech on Tuesday (1st) night, Biden also reiterated his firm determination that "freedom will always triumph over tyranny".
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The confrontation between the two sides is forming
Due to the fierce resistance of the Ukrainian people, the war is currently at a stalemate. Although the United States and Europe did not participate in the war, they provided Ukraine with a large number of weapons and various equipment, and imposed nuclear-bomb-level financial sanctions on Russia, which severely damaged its economy.
Qiu Junrong believes that although NATO had to guard against Russia in the past, there was a lot of cooperation between the two sides in energy and trade, and they did not tear their faces, despite confronting them at multiple levels. At present, the two sides have turned into a more intense confrontation between the cold war and the hot war.
The question is, how long can this war last? Qiu Junrong believes that the economic sanctions imposed by the West on Russia are "difficult to play a role in a very short period of time, because Russia is a relatively closed country, but it can't last long because the economy can't last long."
In addition, "now the war has become very flexible. Although NATO is not directly involved in the war, NATO's weapons, equipment, and even personnel have participated in the war through some flexible channels."
"How will this war develop?" Qiu Junrong said, whether in information security, technology security, economic and trade exchanges, or military confrontation, the two sides will form a very large barrier. The confrontation will continue for a very long time."
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Not protecting Taiwan? The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs refuted purpose of Pompeo's visit on business considerations
Reporter : Lynn Ru / news.tvbs.com.tw/politics/1730870
Image : Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Taiwan (Photo/Provided by the Presidential Office)
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a four-day visit to Taiwan from 2 to 5 March 2022 but on 4 March 2022 media reports said that Pompeo's purpose of the visit to Taiwan is to hide "commercial considerations".
A person familiar with the matter revealed that from the content of the telegram from the representative office in the United States, Pompeo's purpose of the visit is probably to win the pension fund and the labor pension fund to invest in his related Anarock company, not the so-called "anti-China stand up for Taiwan".
However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs refuted the news, saying it was maliciously vilifying our friends.
According to the "United News Network" report, a person familiar with the matter provided a telegram sent by the representative office in the United States to the Republic of China (ROC) Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 2 August 2021, alleging that Pompeo's visit this time is not to protect Taiwan, but to fight for pension funds and labour retirement.
The fund invests in its related Anarock company, focusing on understanding the government's position, because Pompeo led Anarock's chief investment officer Gino Ramadi to visit Xiao Meiqin, the ROC's representative in the United States, on 8 July 2021.
During the process, Ramadi talked about wanting to establish investment partners with Taiwan companies. On the 19th of the same year, Pompeo mentioned his intention to visit Taiwan in a few months when he held a meeting with the Economic Team of the Representative Office in the United States and the New York Financial Regulatory Commission, hoping that specific progress in relevant investment cooperation could be achieved before his visit to Taiwan.
The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the report speculates on the intention of visiting Taiwan and is unfair to Taiwan's long-term friends. Pompeo has made outstanding contributions to deepening Taiwan-US relations during his tenure, which is obvious to all.
The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that the focus of Pompeo's trip is to understand the relevant policies and positions of the Chinese government, and to interact with the people through public speeches and other activities to deepen the understanding and friendship with Taiwan, and demonstrate his long-term firm support for Taiwan with practical actions.
The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Pompeo was not accompanied by people from relevant investment companies in this visit to Taiwan, and the ROC government did not plan any investment transactions for the delegation.
The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets that it is unfair to vilify a staunch friend of Taiwan who has made important contributions to the friendly relations between Taiwan and the United States; such reports and comments are unfair.”
Many breakthroughs in Taiwan policy have been regarded as the most Taiwan-friendly Secretary of State over the years. Tsai Ing-wen awarded him the "Special Grand Ribbon Star Medal" at the Presidential Palace in the morning, thanking him for his outstanding contributions to improving Taiwan-US relations. (Photo/Provided by the Presidential Office)
The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Taiwanese government has always welcomed and encouraged foreigners to invest and cooperate with Taiwan in order to expand international business links and strengthen Taiwan's economic and trade foundation. It is to report relevant cooperation opportunities to relevant domestic authorities for reference and discussion.
Pompeo was invited by the Vision Foundation to visit Taiwan from 2 to 5 March 2022. Also accompanied by his wife Susan Pompeo, Miles Yu Maochun, the former chief adviser on China policy of the State Council, and others. According to Pompeo's itinerary of his visit to Taiwan, in the morning of 4 March, he participated in a speech hosted by the Vision Foundation and delivered a 20-minute keynote speech.
In the afternoon, he will visit the Legislative Yuan after meeting with senior executives of financial groups and securities companies. In the evening, the President of the Legislative Yuan, You Xikun, will host a banquet. He is expected to leave Taiwan after his visit to Taiwan at 2 pm on 5 March 2022.
News (11) to (16) / Editor : Tang Ying / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/04/a103364082.html
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Suspected split at the top of the CCP
Original title: As the Ukraine crisis evolves, the top CCP seems to show signs of splitting
With the evolution of the Ukraine crisis, a series of incidents have made the outside world feel that the CCP's top leadership seems to have misjudged the situation and was dragged into a chariot by Putin, which has led to a dilemma, leading to more signs of division within the CCP.
According to an article published on Thursday (3 March 2022) by Katsuji Nakazawa, a senior reporter for the Nikkei Asian Review, the gossip about the atmosphere of the discussions in Zhongnanhai is that "collective leadership may make a comeback due to the Ukraine issue".
"Collective leadership" is the governance model of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CPC in the past Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao eras.
The failure of the CCP’s foreign and security policies may affect the power of the Politburo Standing Committee and make way for policy changes in economic and other important affairs, Zhongze Keji said. If this happens, it will affect the domestic political struggle that is taking shape ahead of the party's next national congress.
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South China Sea secret meeting over Ukraine crisis for more than a week
During the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, the top Chinese leader disappeared from the news for a week.
Seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee met secretly in Zhongnanhai to discuss every aspect of the situation in Ukraine and how Beijing could respond, The Wall Street Journal, the first report citing people familiar with the matter, said.
The content of the meeting is confidential and cannot be known to the outside world. Nikkei's Katsuji Nakazawa analyzed that it is safe to assume that the current situation is that the top leaders of the CCP still have different opinions on the Ukraine issue, and it is even possible that some members of the Standing Committee question whether it is wise to support Putin's current position.
"The situation has developed to a point that China does not want to see, which is not in the interests of any party," Zhang Jun, China's ambassador to the United Nations, said at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday (28 February 2022) dealing with the Ukraine issue.
Katsuji Nakazawa believes that Zhang Jun's remarks may reflect the opposition of the top CCP on the Ukraine issue, because Beijing now has to pay a heavy price for its pro-Moscow stance, especially for its projection to the world on February 4. image of fighting side by side with Russia.
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Holding together to warm up Beijing has always refused to criticize Russia
On 4 February, the opening day of the Olympics, Putin visited Beijing and joined Chinese President Xi Jinping to speak out against any expansion of NATO. Putin is the only major power leader to visit Beijing for the Olympics.
After Beijing's Winter Olympics flame was extinguished, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.
Subsequently, a series of incidents made the outside world feel that the Chinese authorities seemed to endorse Putin's actions. The CCP strictly controls domestic media coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and reports can only focus on the Russia-Ukraine negotiations.
Chinese state media uniformly use the term Russia's "special military operation" against Ukraine instead of "war" or "invasion." The CCTV news network of the Communist Party of China still used the term "Russian special military operation" when it broadcasted the Russian-Ukrainian war on February 28.
China’s foreign ministry has expressed support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity while refusing to criticize Russia. Even for the 6,000 Chinese stranded in Ukraine, the evacuation operations are far behind Asian countries or regions such as India, Singapore and Taiwan.
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The CCP had hoped that the Ukraine crisis would be its boon
Katsuji Nakazawa said that in the political circle of the CCP, there was a view that the Ukraine issue might become a boon. They argue that if the United States and Russia collide in Europe, the ability of the United States to deploy military forces in the Asia-Pacific region will decline, and China can fill the void and offset the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy. One of the elements of America's Asia-Pacific strategy is to prevent China from occupying Taiwan by force.
Zhongze Keji said that at least among Chinese security officials, the majority view is that China will not lose under any circumstances.
But now, the CCP is increasingly worried that its interests will be harmed if it is further dragged into the "Putin Theater".
Chinese think tanks have previously concluded, based on Russian intelligence analysis, that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would flee quickly in the face of Russia's overwhelming military power. Furthermore, they believed that the Ukrainian army would surrender and the fighting would be over in a few days.
Ukraine's stubborn resistance has made the war go on for a week, and there is no sign of an end in sight. At the same time, the almost one-sided sanctions from the international community have put pressure on both China and Russia.
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The story behind the Sino-Russian "side by side" joint statement
The Wall Street Journal quoted Chinese officials and foreign policy advisers on Thursday that the February 4 Sino-Russian joint statement that "the friendship between the two countries has no limit and cooperation has no restricted areas" was suggested by the Chinese side, and the statement reflected Xi Jinping's personal strategy and vision to win over Russia and confront the United States.
Beijing has been deliberating on this statement for nearly half a year. In internal meetings over the past year, Xi Jinping has emphasized that the United States is the biggest threat to China's interests, focusing foreign policy on an alliance with Russia to counter Washington.
The sources said Beijing was doing this not so much to announce that China would stand with Russia in a war situation, but to send a strong message to the United States that the two countries were facing what they believed to be the Resolve in the face of a growing U.S. threat.
The people also said Beijing's plan did not take into account Moscow's increasingly vehement rhetoric on Ukraine, a scenario that China believes is unlikely even after repeated U.S. intelligence about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The outside world believes that this is a misjudgment of the CCP’s high-level foreign policy, which did not consider the real possibility of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and failed to make corresponding policy hedging.
The U.S. wants Beijing to play a key role in encouraging Putin to reconsider invading Ukraine, Kurt Campbell, senior coordinator for Indo-Pacific policy at the U.S. National Security Council, told a seminar hosted by the German Marshall Fund think tank on Monday but "we believe that they chose not to weigh in ahead of time".
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The situation in Ukraine exacerbates the internal division of the CCP
Zhongze Ke Er believes that the failure of the CCP's foreign and security policy may affect the power of the Politburo Standing Committee, or will affect the domestic political struggle before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October.
Li Linyi, a current affairs commentator, said that misjudging the situation in Ukraine will cause a problem within the party, that is, various opposition factions may question whether Xi Jinping's power should be so great, but the doubts can only be bored in the heart before a climate is formed, because Inside the CCP, there are gang laws and regulations that "arbitrarily discuss the Central Committee", which are easy to be attacked.
"I think it is certain that the CCP will become more and more divided in the future. When dissatisfaction with Xi within the party accumulates to a certain level, there will be a big outbreak," he said. When will the nodes appear."
As to whether the subsequent evolution of the situation in Ukraine may intensify the internal accountability of the CCP, Li Linyi said that Xi has “shrugged off the responsibility” on this issue through the media and the Zhongnanhai meeting in advance, and the responsibility has become a so-called “collective leadership” decision-making.
When the war is over, Xi expects to return to the "one-in-one" state again, with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the military still under Xi's control.
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