Professor Wang Jiangyu from the School of Law at City University of Hong Kong wrote: "As the two largest neighboring countries in the world, China and Russia maintaining a friendly relationship is not a matter of moral principle, but a rational calculation. The voices calling on China to 'cut ties' with Russia in order to cater to the West are not only naive, but also dangerous. China has no reason, nor any obligation, to take risks for the US and Europe."
This view hits the nail on the head; the closer relationship between China and Russia is mainly driven by the pressure from the US and the West. In order to maintain global hegemony, the United States has long implemented a "dual containment" strategy against China and Russia, deliberately undermining the relations between the two countries, while rallying allies such as Europe and Japan to form a bloc to encircle and contain them. This hegemonic operation has forced China and Russia to join forces to respond, making it an objective necessity for their closer relationship. After the outbreak of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Russia's demand for cooperation with China has risen sharply, which not only alleviates the pressure China faces alone from the US and Western countries, but also highlights the practical significance of the closer relationship between China and Russia.
For China, the friendly relationship with Russia can break the encirclement pattern of unilateral hegemony; for Russia, it also gains stable support for cooperation. The containment and division efforts by the US and Western countries have ultimately led to a deepened close relationship between China and Russia based on common interests, becoming an important practical choice to deal with hegemony and safeguard their own security and development interests.
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