{"id":33681,"date":"2023-08-20T16:47:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/did-xi-jinping-make-a-losing-bet-on-putin-or-a-losing-bet-on-china"},"modified":"2023-08-20T17:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:01:38","slug":"did-xi-jinping-make-a-losing-bet-on-putin-or-a-losing-bet-on-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/did-xi-jinping-make-a-losing-bet-on-putin-or-a-losing-bet-on-china","title":{"rendered":"Did Xi Jinping make a losing bet on Putin or a losing bet on China?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>A recent article in The Hill by Will Marshall, CEO of the Progressive Policy Institute, a Washington, DC based think tank, titled \u2018Xi\u2019s Losing Bet on Putin is Backfiring\u2019 caught my eye. Mr Marshall has marshaled an array of factual statements to make his case. It is not entirely clear that he has indeed made the case.<\/p>\n

It certainly appears that Putin is overall a loser when it comes to his lack of success in his invasion of Ukraine, his battlefield setbacks and enormous death toll Russia\u2019s forces have tallied to this point.<\/p>\n

Some Western sideline cheerleaders, mostly media and politician types, marvel at the resilience of Ukrainian patriots repulsing Russian troops and missile attacks.<\/p>\n

Somewhat more sobering pronouncements from military types suggest the war is far from over and attrition continues to take its ugly toll on Ukraine as well.<\/p>\n

To what extent Ukraine can survive as a viable nation will be revealed in history books. Those chapters remain to be written. First, there was Xi\u2019s declaration of a \u201cno limits\u201d partnership with Russia \u2014 essentially the fundamental bet on Putin.<\/p>\n

Mr Marshall writes that the announcement, coming as the Beijing Olympics got underway in February 2022, was mistimed. Whether Xi knew from Putin that his invasion of Ukraine was imminent or not, is beside the point.<\/p>\n

American intelligence anticipated and telegraphed the move. As I have written in the past, sadly, President Biden failed to call Putin\u2019s bluff and prevent it.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Xi ignored the reports by American intelligence and mistimed his declaration of a love fest with Putin. That Xi was all-in with Putin became clear when China refused to support a UN resolution condemning Russia\u2019s unprovoked aggression.<\/p>\n

In Trumpian fashion, Xi\u2019s government parroted Putin\u2019s lie that NATO expansion posed a mortal threat to Russia\u2019s security. But Russia\u2019s invasion didn\u2019t go as well as Putin and Xi expected. Russian forces did not blitz through its neighbour\u2019s territory. And President Zelensky proved a formidable and heroic opponent.<\/p>\n

As Putin\u2019s inept war, labelled euphemistically, a special military operation eroded into a military debacle, Ukrainian morale soared, and a hitherto somewhat fragmented US-European-British alliance solidified.<\/p>\n

This was precisely what Xi\u2019s embrace of Putin did not contemplate, indeed, sought to fracture. It certainly looks as if Xi\u2019s notion of forging a formidable Beijing-Moscow alliance to rival the US, and its European, British, Australian, and Japanese rivals came apart.<\/p>\n

Indeed, even India, ever recusant about condemning Russia\u2019s invasion, has become a member of the QUAD \u2014 America, Japan, Australia, and India. And now, US-India relations look ever stronger.<\/p>\n

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