The United Kingdom and the United States are becoming increasingly limitless in misusing their international status and influence to provoke dissensions and enforce jungle law for the purpose of safeguarding their privileged positions.
Showing no respect to the countries that do not submit to their will, they smear them as rogues, pariahs or authoritarian states. Showing no observance of international rules, laws and order, they leave no stone unturned in their efforts to suppress them. The less developed countries are trying to pass the buck to the less developed countries, showing no sense of responsibility to address global challenges.
It is not true leadership, just a misuse of power.
Peace, development and win-win cooperation are the irresistible trends of the times. Emerging markets and developing countries are gaining in stature, and more and more regional powers with global influence are determined to defend their legitimate rights and interests, and a multipolar international landscape is emerging at a faster pace.
The US plan to escalate the US's proxy war in Ukraine is the result of it and its followers trying to maintain their hegemony.
The Ukraine crisis is caused by the practices of the US and NATO to seek military and strategic advantages to the detriment of the legitimate security interests of other countries. The US has instigated it in a bid to weaken Russia, keep Europe at its side and ostracize China.
The relations between China and Russia are not a marriage of convenience or shotgun wedding brought about by the West's attempts to impair them. It is not a political or military alliance such as that among the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It transcends this model of state-to-state relations and upholds the principles of non-aligned, non-confrontational and not directed against any third country.
The joint statement on deepening the strategic partnership between China and Russia, released on Tuesday in Moscow, fully shows the pro-development, pro-peace and pro-justice nature of their ties.
The maturity, stability, independence and resilience of Sino-Russian ties comes from their common views on how big countries should work together to handle their relations, fulfill their common international responsibility to uphold fairness and justice, and bring tangible benefits to their peoples and beyond. The cooperation between any responsible major countries in that regard should always be limitless. The development of China-Russia ties is not subject to the approval of any external forces.
The joint statement states that countries have the right to choose their development paths, because they have the right to choose their own path based on their differences in history, culture and national conditions. There is no such thing as a superior democracy. The practices of imposing one's own values on others, drawing lines by ideology, using democracy and freedom as an excuse or political tool to pressure other countries should be opposed by all countries.