July 17, 2019, Strategic Culture Foundation http://www.strategic-culture.org (Russia)
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/07/17/thinking-fast-and-slow-why-west-cannot-see-rise-russia-china/
Martin Sieff*
Why do Western leaders, pundits and
academics all continue to despise the remarkable progress in economic and
strategic cooperation being made between Russia and China and with their
neighbors?
In the past six years, Presidents
Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China met each other for sustained
conferences on no less than 30 occasions.
President Xi paid a state visit to
Russia from June 5 to June 7 where he and President Putin held bilateral talks
which resulted in the two leaders signing an agreement to step up global strategic
stability in the modern-era. Then from June 8 to June 10, both leaders also
attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
There was nothing sinister or secret
about these meetings. On the contrary, they were extensively covered in the
Russian and Chinese media. And they celebrated major advances in
