French media are feeling uncomfortable! Facing President Putin's attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit with a large delegation, French media are not feeling good! On August 31, AFP published an article claiming that Russian President Putin arrived in the northern port city of Tianjin, China, on Sunday to attend a regional security summit aimed at countering Western global influence. After arriving by private jet, Putin was welcomed by senior officials from Tianjin on a red carpeted tarmac, marking the start of his rare four-day visit to Russia's neighboring country and largest trading partner.
French media stated that China will use this summit to demonstrate what an international order not led by the United States would look like, while providing high-profile diplomatic support to Russia, as the two countries form a "united front" to counter the West. It is evident that French media are very unhappy with our high-level welcome of the Russian president's visit, deepening Sino-Russian relations, and holding a grand SCO summit.
We have not isolated Russia, which has made French media unhappy, and even more so, the fact that China and Russia are advancing the influence of the SCO - a platform not led by the West - is making French media feel even more uncomfortable. However, French media clearly have a bias towards the SCO and the cooperation between China and Russia. Europe has its way of dealing with things, and we have our own way. Therefore, how to deal with Russia does not need to be taught by Western countries.
Moreover, who said that the international community can only have one voice? Why can't we show what an international order without U.S. involvement looks like through this summit? Especially when the U.S. is increasingly playing the role of a disruptor of the international order. Obviously, the SCO is not a summit against Western influence, and China-Russia cooperation does not target a third party. French media are dissatisfied with China-Russia relations and are uneasy about the expansion of China's influence, but this will not affect the development of Sino-Russian relations or China's influence. French media feel uncomfortable, but what does it have to do with us?
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