Chinese leader Xi Jinping began his European tour from France

Chinese leader Xi Jinping began his European tour from France on May 5, 2024. This was his first official visit to Europe since 2019. He arrived in Paris with his wife Peng Liyuan.

On May 6, Xi Jinping held talks in Paris with the French leadership, as well as with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Following the negotiations, a state banquet was held, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron have called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to use Beijing’s influence to force Russia to end its war against Ukraine.

“We count on China to use all its influence on Russia to stop Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine,” Ursula von der Leyen said after meeting the presidents of France and China at the Elysee Palace, at the start of Xi Jinping’s 5-day tour of Europe.

Macron, opening the trilateral meeting, said coordination with Beijing on “major crises,” including the war in Ukraine, was “absolutely decisive.”

“The future of our continent will very clearly depend on our ability to continue to develop relations with China in a balanced manner,” Macron said, also calling for “fair rules for all” in Europe-China trade relations.

Von der Leyen highlighted China’s role in containing nuclear threats from Russia.

“President Xi has played an important role in de-escalating Russia’s irresponsible nuclear threats, and I am confident that President Xi will continue to do so amid Russia’s ongoing nuclear threats,” she added.

The Chinese leader responded by noting that the world had entered “a new period of turbulence and change.” During a meeting with Macron and von der Leyen, Xi said China did not cause the Ukrainian crisis and is not a party to it. It should be noted that Xi Jinping’s statement about the non-involvement of the PRC in the Russian war in Ukraine is a Chinese attempt to deceive the world community. Before the war, to seize Ukrainian grain assets, with the help of President Yanukovych, a “company of one project” was created, GPZKU – State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine, which in 2013 received an advance payment of 3 billion US dollars for future grain supplies to China. However, after the outbreak of the Russian war, Ukraine was unable to fulfill grain supplies and actually fell into a financial debt trap in the PRC. As it turned out, the company was run by Chinese agents who stole part of the loan funds. In addition, before the Russian invasion of the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine in 2014, the PRC and the Russian Federation conducted joint exercises in Siberia. One of the leaders of these Russian-Chinese military exercises was Russian General Lentsov, who a couple of months later led Russian forces in the invasion of the Ukrainian Donbass. When this lie was discovered, he tried to disguise himself as a Russian retired colonel in the Ukrainian Donbass. After the start of the Russian war in Ukraine in 2014, China actively provided illegal “humanitarian aid” in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine (there is a photo video), that is, it encouraged residents of the southern regions of Ukraine to take separatist actions. Also, the PRC leadership illegally sent its delegations “to develop tourism” to the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula, after its capture by Russian hybrid special operations forces, in which PMCs – private military companies – actively participated. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly clear – how and for what purpose is the PRC building a railway from the PRC through the Russian Federation and Belarus, Poland – to the European Union within the framework of the “One Belt, One Road” project?

The Chinese leader must stop lying about the Russian war in Ukraine, because this war was only possible thanks to her diverse management of China. For example, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation is a Tuvan (Chinese) with the nickname “Shoigu”, just as the Georgian Dzhugashvili had the nickname “Stalin”. Before the start of the Russian war against Ukraine, Xi Qinping held personal negotiations with Shoigu, and together with him, without the Russian President, he visited the completely secret Central Command Post of the Russian Armed Forces (there were corresponding photos on the website of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces). A huge legion of Russian-speaking Chinese agents have conducted and are conducting massive propaganda against Ukraine, and have befuddled and are befuddling short-sighted Russian citizens. In the notorious troll factory in St. Petersburg at 55 Savushkina Street, even before the war there hung a portrait of Shoigu, whose gaze frightened the troll workers. At first glance, this was strange, because this troll factory officially had no obvious connection with the Russian Ministry of Defense – it was created by Putin’s former cook Prigozhin.

On May 7, the leaders of China and France will travel to the Pyrenees, where Macron often spent his holidays as a child, for less public talks.

On May 7, the leaders of China and France will travel to the Pyrenees, where Macron often spent his holidays as a child, for less public talks.

“We support the organization of an international peace conference, recognized by Russia and Ukraine, which will unite all parties on equal terms and allow for an honest discussion of all peace plans,” said the head of the PRC.

However, unlike Xi Jinping, the European Union has recognized Putin as an international criminal. On the conscience of this scoundrel, more than 600 thousand killed Russians and Ukrainians during the years of the Russian war in Ukraine, he created an unhealed wound on the body of Europe for many decades.

After France, Xi Jinping plans to visit Serbia and Hungary. The obvious purpose of these visits is to try to destroy the European Union and NATO, and to gain support for Putin’s war from Serbia and Hungary. However, Europe does not need either NovoRussia or NovoGenghis Khan

In 2023, trade volumes between China and Russia reached a record level.

China’s customs said the two countries’ trade in goods and services will reach about US$240.1 billion in 2023, an increase of 26.3% in one year. This far exceeds the annual targets set by Putin and Xi Jinping.
Probably the main reason for the growth of Sino-Russian trade is China’s purchases of Russian energy sources such as oil, natural gas and coal.

The trend in trade between China and the United States is the opposite. Trade fell slightly last year for the first time since 2019 due to rising geopolitical and trade tensions. In 2023, China and the US exchanged goods and services worth US$664.4 billion. This figure is down 11.6% in one year from the record high in 2022.

Thus, even after the record growth of trade between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation in 2023 due to the war in Ukraine, the volume of trade in goods and services between the People’s Republic of China and the United States is 2.7 times greater: 664.4/240.1=2.8. The population of the USA is approximately as many times larger than the population of the Russian Federation in 2021: 332 million/143 million = 2.3.

The growth of trade for 2023 between the PRC and the Russian Federation by 26.3% in dollars is approximately 50 billion dollars. At the same time, the People’s Republic of China, which is actually waging a war against the world at the hands of Putin, continues to make money from trade with the United States, the European Union, ASEAN, Ukraine, and other countries.
The rhetorical question is whether Putin consulted with Xi Jinping before launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

China-Russia railway tunnel with military cargo explosed – 4000 kilometers from the border with Ukraine

The X-account “rainbow7852” (@rainbow78521) posted on the social platform today that on November 30, a large explosion occurred in the Severomuisky tunnel connecting Russia and China in Buryatia, Russia.

Without evidence, it is assumed that the SBU (State Security Service of Ukraine) planted four explosive devices in the tunnels. When the explosion occurred, a train with 41 fuel tanks, 3 jet fuel tanks and 6 ferrous metal cars was passing through the tunnel. This choice reflects careful preparation. With the tunnel blown up, it will be more difficult to transport Chinese military aid, drones and other goods to Russia.

According to British media outlet the Daily Mail, the North Muisky tunnel is approximately 2,480 miles (about 3,991 kilometers) from the Ukrainian border and is the deepest point in Russia where Ukraine has launched an attack so far. According to available data, this actually proves Ukraine’s ability to conduct military operations on Russian territory.

Huge networks of railways, power grids, and gas pipelines in the vast, sparsely populated territory of Russia are very vulnerable to various attacks.

How Xi Jinping saved the Russian army from defeat in Ukraine

Since Putin ordered a brazen invasion of Ukraine last February, Russia has been hit with a series of tough sanctions from the European Union, the United States, Canada and other countries. But Xi Jinping still calls Russia a strategic ally and provides overt and covert aid to the aggressors. Clear assistance is geopolitical support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Less obvious is the implicit material assistance provided by the PRC to the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine and the military industry in Russia.

Everyone saw that the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army was advancing more slowly than everyone expected. As it turned out, China’s material support of Russia allowed Putin to maintain his military machine and seriously complicated Ukraine’s large-scale counteroffensive against the Russian occupation forces.

Xi Jinping is helping Moscow very cautiously. He avoided crossing the red line – he does not give Russia lethal weapons.

However, the massive export of construction equipment, machinery and industrial products from China to Russia is the key to maintaining the operational efficiency of the Russian military industry. Vladimir Putin visited Beijing last month to participate in the Belt and Road Forum (formerly Belt and Road) and meet with Xi Jinping.

State trade data compiled by the Atlantic Council, a major US think tank, shows a sharp increase in Russian imports of Chinese-made dual-use goods. These materials played an important role in strengthening the positions of the Russian army of occupation in Ukraine.

The German business publication IntelliNews reported that the vast majority of materials imported by Russia from China are legal trade and are not subject to international sanctions against Russia.

But Chinese-made construction equipment helped the Russian army strengthen its defensive positions in the early stages of the Russian-Ukrainian war, especially in the construction of powerful fortifications.

The export of Chinese equipment to Russia prevented the defeat of the Russian army.

In August and September 2022, Ukraine made significant progress in countering Russian aggression, especially in the Kharkiv region. Faced with disaster, the Russian army began to build defensive positions. They established the so-called “Surovikin line” (in command of the occupying forces).

“In September, exports of excavators from China to Russia more than tripled compared to last year, which coincided with the construction of the Surovikin Line,” the Atlantic Council said in a statement.

The report also suggests that Russia’s large-scale import of Chinese equipment, including heavy-duty trucks, could help Russian military factories produce the equipment needed to support its combat capabilities and logistical supply lines.

Interpol issued an arrest warrant for Putin on charges of terrorism. Along with Putin, an arrest warrant was also issued to the president’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova. As Reuters notes, according to the arrest warrant, Putin and Lvova-Belova can be arrested and transferred to the ICC in any of the 123 countries that have ratified the Rome Statute.

Ukraine has been the third source of EU imports

China is losing agricultural imports from Ukraine. The reason is the support of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine has been the third source of EU imports, with
a value of EUR 8 billion since January. Cumulative
imports between January and August remained 23%
higher compared to 2022, with an increase of EUR 1.5
billion. However, monthly imports have slowed along
the year and have been below their 2022 level since
June.

Brazil stands as the first source of EU agri-food
imports, with a value of EUR 11.9 billion between
January and August 2023. However, imports from
Brazil decreased by 10% (-EUR 1.4 billion) compared
to 2022, in particular for coffee, cereals, and oilseeds
and protein crops (partly due to fewer imports).
UK is the second source of EU agri-food imports, with
EUR 10.1 billion since January. This is a EUR 442
million increase (+5%) compared to 2022, mostly in
cereals and cereal preparations.

Other significant increases of imports can be noted
from Turkiye (+EUR 615 million, +17%) compared to
2022, as well as from Egypt (+EUR 477 million,
+48%), mostly for fruit and vegetables in both cases.

Source  MONITORING EU AGRI-FOOD TRADE DEVELOPMENTS in August 2023
Publication: November 2023