This short New China TV video really put me in a good mood :-)
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This short New China TV video really put me in a good mood :-)
To protect Washington’s unique Uni-power status that resulted from the Soviet collapse, Paul Wolfowitz in 1992 penned what is known as the Wolfowitz Doctrine. This doctrine is the basis for Washington’s foreign policy. The doctrine states:
“Our first objective is to prevent the re-emergence of a new rival, either on the territory of the former Soviet Union or elsewhere, that poses a threat on the order of that posed formerly by the Soviet Union. This is a dominant consideration underlying the new regional defense strategy and requires that we endeavor to prevent any hostile power from dominating a region whose resources would, under consolidated control, be sufficient to generate global power.”
Yes we know!
Sooooooo very 20th century.
zbigniew brezinski still sucks it up,silly old fart!
Go back to sleep.
Dear The Saker,
In the sea of hate and deceit from Western and EU leaders and their bootlicking MSM, it is so nice to see the Chinese people saying lovely things about Russia and its leader :).
Rgds,
Veritas
Good news about Canada.
Yesterday I found someone who knew who the president of Russia was.
I read a few months ago that a poll in China showed Putin was their favorite foreign leader.That 92% of the poll’s respondents picked Putin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGu3_9hetM4
This is one great video. Fantastic music also.
I’m rolling my eyes at the irrational sentimentalism. Lucky for Russia that Putin is guided by logic and rational self-interest instead of childish emotionalism and irrational sentimentalism exhibited by the kind of people that took this video seriously. Lucky for China, the same is true for President Xi.
The video is well produced, funny and a really over the top. It’s an advertizement and not a serious take on the real opinions of the average Chinese nor their government. Not for a minute does China take seriously any sentimental impulses in its international relations (nor should they). Neither does Putin. The only sentiment expressed in the video that has any relevance with most Chinese and their government (having consistently heard this from them again and again through out the years) is: “Russia is powerful” (notice the guy that said is old and experienced). That’s the only part that matters to the pragmatic Chinese, the rest is fluff.
Like almost every mature country on the planet: “They are simply pursuing their own interests and for the moment, those interest seem to coincide with Russia.” – Nothing more.
All this sentimentalism will come crashing down if global conditions change, either for Russia or for China: if the relationship becomes inconvenient or a liability, gone will be this infantile sentimentality.
Of course, as a reader here has already pointed out, any sour grapes and whinging from the Western Mainstream Toilette Paper Corporate media should be ignored or laughed at – given their even worse and over-the-top propaganda videos, self-promotion and advertizements.
It’s a good video with a great music, man. Brazilian production. Nothing more.
What a lovely video. I hope the Russian people will be our friends forever. Together we can build a safer world for our children.
You know it’s an authentic Chinese production, because when asked about his impression of Russia – one guy answered “How Steel Was Made” – that is, a 1952 communist opus by Nikolai Ostrovsky. This is a novel that was read by everyone of a certain age in China, myself included. Of course, the guy didn’t realize that How the Steel Was Forged was actually set in the Ukraine! )))
Here are some background material:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB959294882525199596
and
http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2000/260016.shtml
Second article is from Ukrainian Weekly. The writer enthused that the Chinese still love Ostrovsky – an Ukrainian writer, despite Ostrovsky being a communist. I say despite because he writes:
“When I was a toddler, my father regaled me with stories about the Ukrainian Kozaky: Taras Bulba, life at the Sich, battles with the Tatars and Turks, and sundry other narratives focusing on Kozak courage, loyalty, honor, wisdom, perseverance, compassion and other virtues that my father believed Kozaks personified. They were my super-heroes fighting for liberty and justice.
Later I learned about the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). A portrait of Col. Yevhen Konovalets hung in our living room. Provid (OUN leadership) member Roman Shushko stayed in our home while visiting Chicago.”
Ha!
How the steel was tempered. Kak zakalyalas stal. With Russia and China united, the dream of a united Eurasia will come true. It is our century and maybe our millennium and our Latin American brothers who are descendents of Eurasians will share in our prosperity. Beautiful and touching video. Bravo
Chinese favourite Russian songs.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/921001.shtml
And… the western media backlash is here! http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/handsome-putin-praised-in-bizarre-chinese-propaganda-video-10238291.html
Of course, this is “bizarre” only to clueless westerners. We had this saying, that 苏联的今天就是我们的明天 (Soviet Union today will be our tomorrow). Well, it didn’t work out exactly like that – but especially among older Chinese intellectuals, the love of Russia is quite genuine.
As for the the snarky remark that “young [Chinese] women literally sing [Putin’s] praises” – no, you idiot, they’re simply singing a pop song “Такого Как Путин” (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk_VszbZa_s ) where a girl wonders why her own boyfriend always gets into trouble and can’t be a man who doesn’t drink like Putin – a silly song indeed, but is it any worse than Obamagirl??
The people who compared Putin and Xi made an interesting point. In the op-ed reproduced here by Xi, his viewpoint seems to be very similar to that what I’ve seen presented by Putin. Obviously the two, and China and Russia, will continue becoming closer.
I can’t even imagine another people feeling like that about a US leader.I was very impressed by the genuine warmth you could see in the peoples words and expressions.
Interesting and heartwarming piece indeed.
Of course this clip itself cannot be taken as representative sociological survey about the opinion of Chinese people. Being a nation of 1.3 billion there certainly are many millions of Chinese who hold both extreme negative and extreme positive views about Russia.
But being compiled and shown by official TV it certainly a) conveys both the message a current China considers right and b) has to resonate with the knowledge and opinion of most common Chinese. As such, I think there are at least five interesting points:
1) YotaPhone – western media always talks about Russia as “Saudi Arabia with snow” but Chinese, while being the high-tech manufacturers for the whole world, know better.
2) Visa-free regime – Chinese still feel that they are considered second-class people by the most of the world and hope that Russia will be one of the first to start treating them equally.
3) Gas price – we know, that eastern pipelines are very important to Russia. This clip shows that average Chinese also know and value these megaprojects.
4) How the steel was forged – China has not forgotten the common communist past that, regardless of serious disagreements and brief war, has shaped the both countries.
5) Russian neighbours, Russian husband – Russians are the only European people Chinese have direct contact with. Not expats or tourists but average people, living their own lives in their own country.
I think all of us Russophiles need to be realistic about China. It would be foolish to believe that the Chinese have an unquestionable love for Russia. They are simply pursuing their own interests and for the moment, those interest seem to coincide with Russia.
I disagree with your jaded assessment. Sorry
A recent conference in China discussed the common strategies of Russia and China as they confront the dying unipolar paradigm and what ought to be done. A good summary was provided by Fort Russ here,http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/05/russian-chinese-new-world-order-part-1.html
Of special import is how the current paradigm’s winners and losers are portrayed next to the commonly espoused goal of the new paradigm–corporations versus people to be exact. Furthermore, the really big problem of what to do with the populous no longer required by the workforce with the advances in technology is briefly discussed in a humane manner versus what the current paradigm deems them as–disposable. I’m somewhat surprised that Saker hasn’t republished this review on his site, but perhaps he’s yet to see it.