Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Russia ⇔ Χίna 2022

22-4-21 Russia–Ukraine war, US–Xina rivalry, Thucydides’s Trap > .
22-4-11 Dr. John Lee | Rising Tensions With Xina - John Anderson > .
22-4-7 Χίna isn't overtly supporting PoooTin in Ukraine - VisPol > .
22-3-28 Conversation with Australian Senator the Hon Penny Wong - CSIS > .
22-3-22 That’s What Xi (Jinping) Said | Hoover (full) > .
22-3-18 Putin & Xi: Will Xina double down on Russia? | DW > .
22-3-16 XXP Rhetoric, Conspiracy Theories, Russian DISinformation | Digging > .
22-2-24 Global Power Rivalry | Michael Buckley > .
22-2-7 NATO's Ukraine Mistake | John Mearsheimer > .


Mystery of alleged 22-2-23 Xinese hack on eve of Ukraine invasion . 

The Times first reported that hackersalleged to be based in China, began targeting Ukrainian websites on 23 February, the day before the invasion. That [suggests] they had advance notice of Moscow's plans and if their intention was somehow to support Russia.

A broad set of Ukrainian government and commercial organisations were said to have been targeted by hackers, including organisations linked to nuclear power. It is unclear how far this activity was scanning for vulnerabilities online and how many websites were actually compromised. The aim looks to have been espionage - stealing secrets - rather than the kind of sabotage operations which Russia was accused of carrying out just before the invasion, and when it started.

22-2-2 Against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first post-pandemic visit to Xina is of major significance. Sino-Russian relations have flourished in recent years, with Putin and Xinese leader Xi Jinping presiding over a rapid expansion of military, economic, financial, and technological ties.

— Will the escalation of the war in Ukraine drive Beijing and Moscow even closer together? — Is Beijing prepared to provide financial assistance to Moscow and to expand cooperation in the energy realm that might help the Russian economy withstand the pain of Western sanctions? 
— Would such cooperation further tilt the balance in Beijing’s favor, given the increasingly asymmetrical nature of the Sino-Russian relationship?

00:00:00 Xi Jinping
00:02:35 Cold war 2
00:04:00 Technology Wars
00:04:35 Iron Curtain
00:06:00 Nuclear Weapons
00:08:00 China will Never Westernize
00:10:35 Decoupling US/China Economy

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