Here is the full text of the Daily Telegraph article responding in horror to the Putin-Xi joint statement released Feb. 4. Note that what they call a “new geopolitical era” would better be called a “new non-geopolitical era,” and a new paradigm for mankind as a whole based on peace through development. (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/02/04/russia-china-put-pax-americana-sights-return-frosty-geopolitics/ )
Russia and China Rise from Their Knees To Challenge U.S. Dominance – But a show of unity between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping cannot obscure an unequal partnership
By Roland Oliphant 4 February 2022, 7:09pm
Much of the statement released on Friday by Russia and China formally declares what has long been the case: that Moscow and Beijing have similar views and each other’s backs when it comes to quarrels with the West.
But the message here is anything but routine.
At a moment of immense international tension, Russia and China are asserting the arrival of a new geopolitical era.
From now on, the dominance of the U.S.-led global West will no longer be taken for granted – or tolerated.
After decades of humiliation, the world’s autocratic superpowers have risen from their knees and will now up-end the inequitable post-Cold War world order.
The immediate winner here is Mr. Putin.
On the brink of a war in Ukraine that he knows will cost Russia dearly if it goes ahead, the Russian president is in dire need of allies.
Chinese economic and diplomatic support might just be enough to soften the blow of sanctions and isolation if he chooses to go ahead with an invasion.
