🇺🇸🇨🇳 China has firmly integrated into the American-centric model of globalisation, but unlike most other countries, it has been able to maintain its sovereignty and prevent the United States from influencing its domestic political processes.

China's economic rise has led to the strengthening of its technological, industrial, and military capabilities. Sooner or later, such growth was bound to become a problem for the United States. The presidency of Donald Trump in 2016-2020 was a period when a visible shift occurred in American policy towards China. 

Trump changed the approach to China both at the doctrinal level and at the level of practical policy. In doctrinal terms, Trump exacerbated all the comments that were previously made about the PRC in a cautious and delicate manner: China is an authoritarian country with a communist regime that has little in common with American values. The rise of the PRC is a problem and a challenge for the United States. China's overseas projects, such as the Belt and Road project, are a means of economic expansion for the Celestial Empire that must be contained.

The Biden administration was much more restrained in its anti-Chinese rhetoric. However, it did not change the structure of sanctions pressure on China. The problems that generated the sanctions were not resolved.

In the end, both Trump and Harris, if they win, will continue the course of containing China. However, Trump's performance will be more aggressive and assertive, writes Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/trump-or-harris-does-it-matter-for-china/

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🗣 Tomorrow, on Monday, October 14, the opening of the Russian-Chinese conference will take place in Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations. The conference will be held by the Valdai Discussion Club and the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University.

Programme of the Russian-Chinese Conference with the links to live broadcast to open sessions:

📆 Monday, October 14
 
12:00 – 12:15 — Conference Opening (LIVE: Russian, Chinese)

12:15 – 14:00 — Session 1. Global Transformation of the World Order and the Strategic Response of China and Russia (LIVE: Russian, Chinese)

15:00 – 16:30 — Session 2. Stability, Development and Security in Greater Eurasia

16:45 – 18:15 — Session 3. China, Russia and the Construction of a New Type of Multilateralism
 
📆 Tuesday, October 15
 
09:30 – 11:00 — Session 4. Cooperation in Education, Humanities, and Communications in the Digital Age (LIVE: Russian, Chinese)

11:00 – 11:15 — Conference closing (LIVE: Russian, Chinese)

Full programme of the Russian-Chinese Conference

Links to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VK, Telegram and Dzen. 

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🗣 TODAY at 12:00 noon Moscow time (GMT+3), the opening of the Russian-Chinese conference will take place in Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

The conference is held by the Valdai Discussion Club and the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University.

📆 Programme for Monday, October 14
 
12:00 – 12:15 — Conference Opening (LIVE: Russian, Chinese)

12:15 – 14:00 — Session 1. Global Transformation of the World Order and the Strategic Response of China and Russia (LIVE: Russian, Chinese)

During the session, the experts will discuss the similarities and differences in the approaches of China and Russia to solving problems arising in the process of painful global transformation of the world order.

15:00 – 16:30 — Session 2. Stability, Development and Security in Greater Eurasia

The goal of the session is to discuss the new Russian initiative in the field of Eurasian security and the prospects for comprehensive cooperation within the framework of regional projects and initiatives already being implemented.

16:45 – 18:15 — Session 3. China, Russia and the Construction of a New Type of Multilateralism

The issues to be discussed at this session are of practical and academic interest in terms of the future of international institutions, the potential of BRICS after expansion, and the possibility of creating practical mechanisms on this basis that will not only overcome the consequences of the destructive policies of the West (de-dollarization, creation of infrastructure for settlements, insurance, and global logistics), but also create a foundation for a new type of global economy and policy.

Full programme of the Russian-Chinese Conference

Links to the live broadcast of open sessions will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VK, Telegram and Dzen. 

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🎥 LIVE (in Chinese): at 12:00 noon Moscow time (GMT+3), the opening of the Russian-Chinese conference will take place in Moscow. Session 1, titled “Global Transformation of the World Order and the Strategic Response of China and Russia,” will follow the opening. Watch the live broadcast:

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Programme of the Russian-Chinese Conference

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2️⃣ Session 2 of the Russian-Chinese conference, titled “Stability, Development and Security in Greater Eurasia”.

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3️⃣ Session 3 of the Russian-Chinese conference, titled “China, Russia and the Construction of a New Type of Multilateralism”.

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🗣 Good morning! Today is the second day of the Russian-Chinese conference will take place in Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

The conference is held by the Valdai Discussion Club and the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University.

📆 Programme for Tuesday, October 15
 
09:30 – 11:00 — Session 4. Cooperation in Education, Humanities, and Communications in the Digital Age (LIVE: Russian, Chinese)

During the session, Chinese and Russian experts will discuss tasks and ideas, the implementation of which will make bilateral relations in the specified areas and in other areas of public, expert and educational interaction even more intense.

11:00 – 11:15 — Conference closing (LIVE: Russian, Chinese)

Full programme of the Russian-Chinese Conference

Links to the live broadcast of open sessions will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VK, Telegram and Dzen. 

#ChineseValdai #valdai_programme #China

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🎥 LIVE (in Chinese): at 09:00 a.m. Moscow time (GMT+3), Session 4 of the Russian-Chinese conference, titled “Cooperation in Education, Humanities, and Communications in the Digital Age,” will start. Watch the live broadcast:

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4️⃣ On October 15, 2024, Session 4, titled “Cooperation in Education, Humanities, and Communications in the Digital Age,” took place within the framework of the Russian-Chinese conference.

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🎥 Video (in Chinese)

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⛔️ Why do countries that initiate sanctions reduce them? How long-term and sustainable is such a process?

Too often sanctions drag on for years or decades. This makes the experience of China, which managed to lift most US sanctions, even more interesting. The process has dragged on for more than a quarter of a century, and in recent years, Washington has once again increased pressure on Beijing.

However, China’s example helps shed light on the possible motives for easing sanctions or lifting them that the US has been guided by and may be guided by in the future. Three such motives can be identified.

1️⃣ The first is to reduce sanctions in order to get closer to the target country in the interest of breaking up coalitions with its participation or containing a more significant rival.

2️⃣ The second is to obtain economic advantages in the event of favourable political opportunities.

3️⃣ The third is an attempt to “socialise” the target country, to integrate it into the system of bilateral and multilateral relations in order to create an economic foundation for political dialogue.

Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, writes on these motives in the context of US-Chinese relations.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/lifting-sanctions-the-chinese-option/

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #China #sanctions

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