{"id":135421,"date":"2019-06-17T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=135421"},"modified":"2019-06-24T11:44:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T10:44:04","slug":"russia-china-the-summit-that-the-media-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/06\/russia-china-the-summit-that-the-media-ignored\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-China: The Summit That the Media Ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"

12 Jun 2019 – On 5 June, the media projectors zeroed in on President Trump and the European leaders of NATO, who, for the anniversary of D-Day, auto-celebrated in Portsmouth \u201cpeace, freedom and democracy in Europe,\u201d vowing to \u201cdefend them at any time, wherever they may be threatened\u201d. The reference to Russia is clear.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping was in Russia from June 5 to 7.
Pool, Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n

The major media have either ignored, or somewhat sarcastically relegated to a second plane, the meeting that took place on the same day in Moscow between the Presidents of Russia and China. Vladimir Putin<\/strong> and Xi Jinping<\/strong>, for their thirtieth meeting in six years, refrained from presenting rhetorical concepts, but noted a series of facts.<\/p>\n

The exchanges between the two countries, which last year exceeded 100 billion dollars, are now extended by approximately 30 new Chinese projects for investment in Russia, particularly in the energy sector, for a total of 22 billion dollars.<\/p>\n

Russia has become the largest oil exporter to China, and is preparing to do the same for natural gas: the largest Eastern gas pipeline will open in December, followed by another from Siberia, plus two huge sites for the export of liquefied natural gas.<\/p>\n

The US plan to isolate Russia by means of sanctions, also applied by the EU, combined with the cessation of Russian energy exports to Europe, will therefore be rendered useless.<\/p>\n

Russo-Chinese collaboration will not be limited to the energy sector. Joint projects have been launched in the aero-space and other high technology sectors. The communication routes between the two countries (railway, road, river and maritime) are being heavily developed. Cultural exchanges and tourist flows are also expanding rapidly.<\/p>\n

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This is wide-scale cooperation, whose strategic vision is indicated by two decisions announced at the end of the meeting:<\/p>\n