Will Russia Help if China Starts "Unification by Force"?

Recently, the British think tank "Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies" has once again repeated the above extremist theory, claiming that Russia "has agreed to provide military equipment and training to mainland China to help the PLA land on Taiwan Island."

Since this British think tank likes to act as a parrot, let's explain what this extremist theory is all about.

The British think tank's basis for this extremist theory is a so-called "secret contract" intercepted by a hacker group, which claims that Russia has exported a batch of airborne equipment to China. Therefore, the analysts at the British think tank believe that if the PLA ever wants to land on Taiwan Island, it must rely on airborne forces, so China "hopes to introduce Russian airborne equipment, as well as the practical combat experience gained in the Ukraine conflict."

Russian Airborne Troops

But in fact, the so-called "secret contract" mentioned by the British think tank is not new at all. Several Western think tanks have cited this "contract" in their papers on Sino-Russian military cooperation in previous years.

But what's ridiculous about this is...

Firstly, according to the terms of the "contract," China and Russia signed the procurement agreement in 2021, and Russia agreed to export this batch of airborne equipment before October 2024. However, it should be noted that when China and Russia signed the "contract," the Ukraine conflict had not yet erupted. So how can the British think tank talk about "China hoping to learn from Russia's practical combat experience in the Ukraine war"?

Secondly, although the British think tank emphasizes that "China hopes to learn from Russia's combat experience," the problem is that since the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict, Russia has not won the war with its airborne troops either. It is known that the Russian army now uses airborne brigades as elite infantry units, but they haven't achieved a decisive victory yet.

Equipment of the PLA Airborne Forces

Based on these two loopholes, it is easy to see how shaky the content of this "contract" and the British think tank's extremist theory really are.

We haven't even mentioned that this paper by the British think tank views China's military modernization through a biased lens: even though the September 3rd parade has already showcased a large number of new weapons, these self-proclaimed "elites" still regard Chinese equipment as a clumsy imitation of Russian weapons.

This stereotypical perception of Chinese weapons will ultimately cause the West great losses, just like how India truly believed that the range of the PL-15 air-to-air missile was only 145 kilometers before the India-Pakistan air battle on May 7, and ended up having seven aircraft destroyed in actual combat.

Getting back to the main topic. As mentioned above, this so-called "contract" has been exposed for some time, and has been cited by many Western think tanks. No matter how these Western papers try to hype up Sino-Russian military cooperation, their purpose is only one:

PLA airborne forces' promotional video released recently

Linking the Ukraine crisis to the Taiwan issue, and stoking the so-called "Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow" narrative, in order to create an excuse for Western military groups such as NATO, the Quad, and AUKUS to interfere in the Asia-Pacific situation. For example, it allows the British navy to deploy an aircraft carrier in the Asia-Pacific region "reasonably" and seek funding for the huge maintenance costs of the aircraft carrier.

The Western media's hype about "Russia will send troops to attack Europe and tie down the West when China starts 'unification by force'" follows the same logic. Fundamentally, it's based on Cold War ideology: because China refuses to stand on the so-called "righteous alliance" side in the Ukraine conflict, Western media often炒作 "China provides military aid to Russia" and "China sides with Russia" every few days.

Today's PLA airborne forces are more modernized in equipment than the Russian ones

But the question is: since the West has already openly declared "after defeating Russia, the next target is China," why should China help the West fight Russia?

Therefore, we sometimes find it hard to understand the thinking of these Western media and think tanks. They shout for China to join the West's sanctions against Russia, while at the same time openly advocating for interference in the Taiwan Strait and not allowing China to unify. It's truly very contradictory.

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