“Beijing
and Moscow have increasingly found common basis in challenging the US
and Western dominated order in Europe and Asia. China and Russia are
striking a number of deals to strengthen their military, financial
and political ties in recent times.”
“The
recent sign of closer ties was seen with the announcements of the
first joint naval exercises in the Mediterranean. Chinese National
Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said that Moscow and Beijing
will for the first time hold joint naval drills in the Mediterranean
Sea in mid-May 2015. The purpose of the drills is to deepen bilateral
friendly cooperation and strengthen the combat capability of the two
countries in order to resist threats to maritime safety.”
“...
Russia will be one of the biggest outside investors in China’s
proposed development bank, The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB). The Obama administration tried to undercut the proposed bank,
but China views the AIIB as a way to diminish the regional influence
of the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB), where countries
like the United States and Japan hold significant control. [...]
According to some key analysts the relationship between Moscow and
Beijing is likely to move forward in a number of key areas.”
Except from Britons, who have
traditional deep ties and common interests with the US, the rest
of Europe could slip to the Sino-Russian bloc which grows rapidly
in the military and economic field and increasingly gaining
independence from the Western economic system, attracting other
countries too.
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