"Russia is the only European state with a strong and independent military; if it joins the Eurozone, Europe will become a powerful and unbreakable global pole. That's why the US seeks to foment war between the EU and Russia" - Sen-Col (ret.) Prof. Wang Xiangsui of Beihang U.
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Wang also believes that the unfolding events in Ukraine give Russia a further impetus to "look East" and seek strategic cooperation and economic integration with China:
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"China is a significant manufacturing country, whereas Russia is the world's richest country in terms of natural resources and requires a stable market, and the two can develop a mutually beneficial 'back-to-back' partnership in the energy sector...
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"CN-RU cooperation might develop along industrial and value chains as a result of resources, similar to how the EU's industrial cooperation progressed from coal and steel to Airbus, and then to the Eurozone and EU.
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"As China and Russia's relationship develops, they will eventually become a "community" of shared weal and woe."
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