The former president of the United States, Dan Quayle, and the Hudson Institute researcher Thomas J. Duesterberg have published a tribune in the newspaper in which they reveal how China, Russian ally, is playing a game that affects Moscow. With the same tools of the Federation, but against the Federation.
“With the aggression of in Georgia and Ukraine and their threats against Baltic countries, it has shown that the Russian Republic believes power claim any territory of the former Soviet Union“, the dream of the president’s call. And that doctrine clashes with the” Chinese dream “of Xi Jinping,” than aspires to undo the ‘century of humiliation’ of the nineteenth century, when China had to give up vast territories and local sovereignty to European and Russian and Russian imperialist regimesS, “they say.” It is likely that territorial disputes between the two autocratic powers become One of the greatest threats to global stabilitysince Xi adopts the Putin doctrine“Auguran.
The problem about Putin is the “Chinese irredentist claims”mainly derived from the Russian acquisition of Eastern Manchuria and the port of Vladivostok Through the 1858 AIGun Treaty and the Beijing Convention of 1860. “Siberia and Central Asia are as central as Hong Kong and Taiwan For XI’s vision, “recall the authors of the analysis.
“China now Invades Russian interests in Central Asia and Mongolia through their, the development of their mining and energy interests, and their Railway connection Through the old silk route, from East China to the heart of Europe, “they explain.
These treaties from the mid -nineteenth century generated, among other “deprivations”, the reopening of the Opium trade. The treaties also granted Russian citizens “extraterritorial immunity in China”, new “access to ports under treaty”, “low fixed tariffs” and “exclusive maritime rights” in the Amur and Ussuri rivers, which “deepened the loss of sovereignty and influence of China.” , who was almighty US secretary of state, said Russia saw the decline of the Qing dynasty “as an opportunity to dismember the Chinese empire and return to its ‘central domains’ to Russia”.
The final agreements of the Opium War, led by Russia, and the acceptance by China of the treaties -which both qualify as “unequal“- They were skillfully exploited by the Tsar in 1860, ensuring Russia rights over more extensive territories than France in Manchuria and new rights in exterior Mongolia and Xinjiang. Disputes over these territories resurfaced in the, When Josef Stalin “demanded the continuation and expansion of rights in Manchuria as compensation for entering the war against Japan.” In 1950, Stalin rejected Mao Zedong’s demand to revoke these concessions In East of Manchuria, and, except for the return of the port, now in Dalian, “most concessions are still part of the Russian Republic today.”
“The search for Chinese dream by XI is, in many ways, a reflection of Putin’s doctrine. He has already won new influence in Central Asia and has perfected control over the Tibet, Macao, Xinjiang and Hong Kong“, they indicate.” Chinese doctrine even insists on its claims on the Province India de Arunachal Pradeshwhere China and India compete for the control of the largest river waters in Asia, the Brahmaputra, which had belonged to China since ancient times, “they delve. Putin, they say,” should worry about the approximately 232,000 square miles [600.877,242 kilómetros cuadrados] East of Manchuria and Vladivostok that still controls, as well as for the areas more west of Central Asia, important for the Russian economy and that were part of the Soviet Empire. “
“The search for Chinese dream by XI is, in many ways, a reflection of Putin’s doctrine. He has already gained new influence in Central Asia and has perfected control over Tibet, Macao, Xinjiang and Hong Kong”
In June, an alleged secret document of the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) leaked to the and other means, spreading a “Alarmist” evaluation about Chinese intentions towards Russia. He Times He informed that many Western intelligence agencies consider the authentic document. “The FSB report worries about the espionage From China to Russia and the acquisition of technology. It raises suspicions that China Claim rights over traditional territories that are now part of the Russian Republic. Russian conquests and territorial rights of 1860 and after the nineteenth century are prominent among suspicious actions against China, “compare.
The FSB cites recent Chinese maps, which They must include Chinese names from all Siberian cities in dispute areas, such as Vladivostok. The Chinese expansion in the South China Sea and the renewed claims on the Spratly Islands originally appeared on new maps that showed these islands as part of China, based on the “Nine stroke line” Invented by Mao. A name on a map can be a precursor to a military action by Beijing. “XI has clearly demonstrated its intention to recover the lost parts of the ancient Qing empire, taking up the control of Macao and Hong Kong, and has intensified control and destruction of local cultures In Tibet and Xinjiang, “says Quayle and Duesterberg.
“Trump has inclined to help Putin denying weapons previously promised to Ukraine and making the sanctions imposed on some Russian companies and individuals more flexible.”
And what should the US do in this context? “It should oppose the Putin doctrine, since it is a challenge to de facto international law already its real application in Ukraine and any independent part of the former Soviet Union, “they say without a doubt.” Since the doctrine can embolden China’s expansionist claims in Russia, the Pacific Basin and, potentially, in India, US resistance can Help prevent destabilizing effects of Chinese-Soviet territorial disputes and other parts of Asia. “” Unfortunately, “in his opinion, the president”He has inclined to help Putin by denying weapons previously promised to Ukraine and by more flexible the sanctions imposed on some Russian companies and individuals. Russian forces advance on the battlefield, and Putin shows no commitment signs. “
“USA and its allies They should contribute to undermine Putin doctrine and its adoption by China, helping Ukraine in their fight against Russia. Implementing strong secondary sanctions against China, Hong Kong and other Russian oil buyers and sensitive military technology suppliers is an important tool. A good start would be the Senator Lindsey Graham sanctions bill to Russian oil buyers, which It is pending in the Senate with 84 Copatrochinters“, Expose. Equipate Ukraine with tools for antimile defense and offensive weapons Like Atacams and Himars It is “equally important.” “Help Ukraine finance their efforts using frozen and kidnapped Russian reserves in Europe is the third pillar of effective Western support.”
XI could postpone the “irredentist statements” about Russia, they become “Less useful “for its great project with China. “But, as Taiwanese President Lai Ching-Te, while Xi points to Taiwan to restore territorial integrity and” Russia is found in Its weakest point... Why don’t you recover the lands occupied by Russia that were signed in Aigun’s treaty? “They conclude.
