The European Union’s sanctions against China, immediately backed by the United States and the United Kingdom, and Beijing’s immediate retaliation indicate that Euro-American relations with the Asian giant are not going through the best of times. Parallel to this, if China and Russia strengthen their relations with the bloc they still call the West, we could be witnessing the first signs of a new Cold War. It is clear that Beijing does not accept American primacy and is seeking to burn stages on the road to its destiny as a world superpower. The strengthening of Sino-Russian ties, staged by the…
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