World News: Chinese President Xi-Jinping Elevates Himself to The Man To Stop Putin’s War

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Category: World News

Published on Monday, 10 April 2023 14:48

Written by Olivier Longhi

Chinese President Xi-Jinping has positioned himself as the middle man every foreign leader will meet with to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s maniacal march to decimate Ukraine and calm the tyrannical winds of war from spreading. Explanations.

As a Far Eastern power capable of challenging the United States, China can also afford to keep at bay those European partners who have come to seek a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian conflict. A few days ago, President Emmanuel Macron and Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Union, went to Beijing to push Chinese President Xi Jinping, to influence Vladimir Putin's position on the Ukrainian issue.

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At the end of   this economic-diplomatic trip, if China has committed to acquire fifty H160 combat helicopters designed and manufactured by Airbus Helicopters and this for an estimated amount between 750 million euros and one billion, the diplomatic aspect ended in a half-success, the most pessimistic would say a semi-failure.

Because it is a fact, China was hardly impressed by the European duo, certainly convincing but insufficiently armed to destabilize an Xi Jinping sure of its fact and influence. The reasons for this failure are many but among the first, if not the first, is that neither the France, nor the European Union, (which for the latter is the most worrying), does not represent first-rate world powers.

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At most, the middle power, although possessed with nuclear weapons, France cannot oppose the China what puerile rodomontades far from frightening the Middle Kingdom. As for the Union Europe, which thought that through the war in Ukraine would earn its stripes as a continental power, it must be admitted that ambitions have hardly been followed by facts.  

Implicitly and discreetly supported by the United States, the Macron-Van der Leyen duo was nevertheless unable to make the voice of Western Europe, politely heard by Xi Jinping, heard. But from there to affirm that this voice has been listened to, the question remains suspended and quickly finds its answer. And for good reason. China has only a limited, albeit not negligible, economic need of the European Union. But it   knows that it is a great world power in the making and can therefore sometimes be distant or even disinterested in European requests.  

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More concerned about   its rivalry with the   United States, official support of the Europeans, Beijing therefore recognizes   the need to privilege its relationship with Washington, which by As a result, the way will maintain that maintained with the Europeans. A position that is vexing for Europeans, but a reality that borders on cynicism,   a weapon that China wields with ease.

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Secondly, not seeking to change Vladimir Putin's position also allows Beijing to keep its European economic partners at bay in a form of blackmail that does not say its name.   Finally, not interfering in the conflict by an official request to Moscow for a ceasefire or other diplomatic maneuver, offers Beijing, again a privileged relationship. with Russia, finally also hostage to Xi Jinping’s current or future decisions.

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Weakened by a protracted confrontation and economic sanctions that are beginning to be seriously felt, Russia is now aware of the need to maintain excellent relations with Beijing, which in the event of any formal request, it would be granted. In a diplomatic game of the most perverse closer to three-band billiards than to the hushed negotiations of chancelleries (even if there are any), China poses as the arbiter of a purely conflict and beyond. This is characteristic of world powers, even superpowers in the making.

Bio: Olivier Longhi has extensive experience in European history. A seasoned journalist with fifteen years of experience, he is currently professor of history and geography in the Toulouse region of France. He has held a variety of publishing positions, including Head of Agency and Chief of Publishing. A journalist, recognized blogger, editor, and editorial project manager, he has trained and managed editorial teams, worked as a journalist for various local radio stations, a press and publishing consultant, and a communications consultant.