"It is critical to recognize that the US and the West are the primary perpetrators of the current crisis in Ukraine" - Liu Jun, VP of CNAIS, Pres. of the Shanghai Assoc. of Russian, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, and the Exec-Dir of the Russian Studies Center at ECNU. 1/4
His main message is comparable to what MoFA representatives have been saying throughout the last week:
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"China has always called on the international community to act responsibly, to urge the relevant parties to return to the path of political settlement as soon as possible, and to seek a comprehensive solution to the Ukrainian issue through dialogue and consultation;
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"This stands in contrast to the US and the West, who keep 'fanning the flame' and 'passing knives' to both sides of the conflict." 4/4 Link: opinion.huanqiu.com/article/473o32…
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"Why has Ukraine become Jewified, and why has Israel put up with it? It's because Wall Street wanted to plant a quasi-Israel in this problematic European region" - Beihang University Professor Zhang Wenmu offers his take on Ukraine. 1/5
Zhang, a well-known political scientist, naval strategist and leftist scholar is a professor at Beijing's elite Beihang University's Center for Strategic Studies and executive director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' (CASS) World Socialism Research Center.
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A full translation of his Kunlun Online commentary, which was published today, March 7, 2022, is available below: "Why has Ukraine become Jewified, and why has Israel put up with it? It's because Wall Street wanted to plant a quasi-Israel in this problematic European region/3
"The original sin of the Russian-Ukrainian war and crisis was committed by the US" - economist Chen Wenling's keynote lecture at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) on February 19, 2022, titled "The Major Variables Expected to Drive Global Changes in 2022" 1/n
As the former director of the State Council Research Office, Prof Chen is a decorated and well-respected public servant. She currently serves as a chief economist at the China Centre for International Economic Exchange (CCIEE), a Beijing based state-backed think tank.
A long excerpt from her transcript is below. It is staggering enough to quote in length, so please try to bear with me:
"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. 1/5
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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"If the West catches even a whiff of success in their sanctions, this tool will undoubtedly be used to intimidate other countries in the future. Faced with such financial risks, we must double our efforts to integrate into the global economy" - economist Jin Zhong via Guancha 1/7
Notable excerpts: "Russia is now subject to similar tech and industrial embargoes as Huawei. The weakness of our domestic chip industry has been discussed numerous times, and we must continue to increase our investment efforts as soon as possible to make up for this shortcoming.
"in 2012, China launched its own Cross Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) for financial messaging. Is this system currently functioning properly? How can we attract potential members to join? All of these issues must be addressed to make it operational as soon as possible.
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"When there's an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent" - Prof. Yao Lu, Dep-Dir of Jilin U's Northeast Asian Studies College and Sec. of the Party Branch at JLU's School of Public Admin, offers a nuanced assessment of Ukraine, seeing it as a strategic opportunity for China. 1/5
Excerpts: "In 2011, the US began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, as Obama introduced the 'pivot to the East' - the 'return of the Asia-Pacific' - as part of the US's global strategy.
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"The outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, however, has forced the US to 'face the West' once more and rethink the geopolitical security challenges ahead with its European allies.
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"Sino-US relations are more important to the world today than they were when Nixon visited China" - CIIS' Xu Bu uses "history as a mirror" to learn from Nixon's historic visit how the bilateral relations can improve and remain stable over time. 1/6
Last Monday marked 50 years to "the week that changed the world". For the occasion, Xu Bu, Sec-Gen of the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy and Pres of CIIS, a think-tank under the MFA, wrote a piece for the Party's theoretical publication Study Time:
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"First, we must follow mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation. Second, we must resist decoupling and transcend differences; we must end estrangement and build mutual trust; we must stop meddling (in others' internal affairs) and concentrate on cooperating
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