China & Russia Are Making Moves We Should All Be Worried About

We have to be wary of these countries, China especially as they have plans to overtake us. China has admitted that they are not ready for any serious conflict because they are too dependent on other countries for their food. Russia is also concerned about being self-sufficient, so the two countries have come to an agreement and set up a trade network that cuts the U.S. out.

“China and Russia have pledged to speed up their efforts to set up an independent trade network to reduce their reliance on the US-led international financial system.

Wednesday’s video call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, saw “special attention paid to the necessity of accelerating efforts on the formation of independent financial infrastructure for servicing trading operations between Russia and China”, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov told Tass news agency.

He added that “third countries” would not be able to influence this network.”

The two leaders also welcomed an increase in the number of deals settled in yuan and roubles as well as efforts to improve access to stock markets for investors from both countries, Ushakov said.

In Wednesday’s call, Xi said trade between China and Russia in the first three quarters of the year had already topped US$100 billion for the first time.

“Both China and Russia are planning to reduce their reliance on the US-led financial system in the face of sanctions from Washington, which might curb US dollar transactions or limit their access to international payments mechanisms such as SWIFT.”

Xi told Putin that China would always support Russia’s efforts to maintain the nation’s long-term stability, while Putin backed Beijing’s approach to Taiwan, which Beijing views as a breakaway province.”

This is the kind of thing we have to watch out for. Both of these countries are our adversaries and one of the things that keep them in check is their dependence on the United States and our allies. But if you cut their need for us out of the equation then they become far more dangerous.