Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in an interview today (Beijing Time February 13): "Russia faces a strategic choice: either become an ally of the West or a vassal of China. China is certainly very happy — Russia is using its national wealth to buy Chinese goods, leading to a decline in its power."
[Witty] Comment: Sikorski's remarks are filled with Cold War thinking and geopolitical bias, essentially a deliberate defamation and incitement against Sino-Russian relations from the perspective of the Western camp. The economic and trade cooperation between Russia and China is a mutually beneficial market behavior, a development path chosen autonomously by the two countries. It does not depend on a third party, nor is it subject to external interference, and there is no way for a country that is content to be a vassal of the West to interfere. Sikorski's seemingly "commanding the situation" is actually rallying support for bloc confrontation, manufacturing division through false narratives. This not only underestimates the solid strategic trust between China and Russia, but also exposes Poland's pitiful position of being a pawn and losing strategic autonomy in the great power game. Such biased and inciting remarks are neither responsible nor persuasive.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1857013405009927/
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