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Just when Hagel and the think tanks were discussing countermeasures and drafting a charter, Russia, unwilling to be lonely, came forward. Shortly after the speech of the Chinese Ministry of Defense, the Russian Defense Minister, in an official form, expressed concern about the situation in the Somali region, claiming that all countries should look at the essence of the incident rationally. He also said that if there is anything that needs help in humanitarianism, he can also turn to Russia for help.

This time, Hagel's head was much bigger, and he simply threw the question directly to the president.

The president was quick to respond, keeping an eye on it, raising the alert level, supporting the pro-American Shili in Puntland, and increasing aid from the nominal Somali government (Mogadishu).

US President Barack Obama was recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and he has the right to directly transfer troops, but he does not have the right to carry out the war, and the consent of Congress is required to go to war.

This time, China's high-profile actions fundamentally exceeded the expectations of the United States. This is because the US think tank has drawn up a report on China's development strategy, which lists in detail China's main development and strategic directions in the future. It is on the basis of this report that the US Government formulates its policy toward China.

Prior to this, it had been going smoothly, and many of China's moves did not surprise the United States. However, this step taken by China has completely disrupted the rhythm of the US strategic pace.

The United States has been paying attention to Li Lan for several months, but the United States does not think that China, which has always pursued a defensive national defense strategy, will be so high-profile that it will even make remarks of military countermeasures. In this regard, the United States does not dare to underestimate China's attitude at this time, which is really too elusive.

In addition to ordering the core of the six US commands, Central Command and the nascent Africa Command, which are in charge of the Middle East, to increase the alert level. Before the Americans could catch their breath, Russia came in to stir up the situation.

This is another big trouble for the United States.

Former U.S. President Richard Nixon famously summed up Russia's future: abundant resources, splendid culture, proud history, strong academic tradition, and people who can endure hardships and make great sacrifices, which have a profound connotation beyond the West.

The whole shijie. Countries that are concerned about Africa are not only China and the United States, but also Russia, France, Italy, and many European countries have been eyeing Africa, but China and the United States have been more successful. (Money smashed!) ）

Since Putin has been in power. He has visited African countries many times. During his first visit to Namibia, Putin said that Russia is willing to help Namibia build a nuclear power plant. to alleviate the power supply shortage in Southern Africa. Putin believes that once the project of cooperation between the two countries in the development of uranium mines and the construction of nuclear power plants is implemented, economic relations between the two countries will enter a new stage of development. In addition, the two sides held consultations on oil, gas, diamond and copper mining.

The Vice President of South Africa and Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks at the South African Presidency. The two sides pledged to further implement cooperation agreements in the fields of nuclear energy, aerospace, energy, minerals, and national defense. Furthermore. In view of South Africa's influence in African affairs, the two sides also discussed the development of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the situation in Côte d'Ivoire and certain African countries.

Since Putin first set foot on the African continent, he has traveled all over the north and south of Africa, and has attracted wide attention from the international community. Many people believe that Putin's trip to Africa is an "ice-breaking trip" for Russia to try to restore its influence in the African region.

If Putin's visit to Africa is of pioneering significance, judging only by the volume of bilateral trade, Russia's relations with African countries are still in the embryonic stage. Russia should accelerate the development of the African continent, otherwise it will be in vain. And Russia needs to make a statement: as a partner. Russia is not at all inferior to other competitors, and in many respects even wins.

In fact. Russia has a traditional friendship with African countries. In recent years, due to constant domestic and foreign political and diplomatic challenges, Russia has no time to take care of anything else, and its ties with African countries have become less and less. Today, Russia has passed the most difficult transition period, with its economy maintaining rapid growth for seven consecutive years, and its gold and foreign exchange reserves reaching $315.3 billion, ranking third in Shijie.

In Putin's words, the time has come to sign bilateral agreements with African countries, and past losses should be made up. Russia believes that in order to achieve the strategic goal of "rejuvenating the great powers," it is indispensable to increase its influence in Africa. Some analysts have clearly pointed out that as Africa's position in the world "rises and all boats rise," Russia will make greater and greater efforts to expand its strategic space on the African continent.

For China, supporting Africa is an economic priority. With the needs of China's economic development and the needs of people's lives, China's future energy demand is very large. In the past few decades, the development of energy consumption is high, the utilization efficiency is low, and it has brought many environmental and health problems, and the international energy development has started late, so it can only maintain energy exchanges with some regions and countries that have been abandoned by the West and are politically unstable or threatened to security. However, with the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East and the increasing turbulence, China is increasing the channels of stable energy supply to ensure the long-term stable development of the economy.

Africa is also an important source of energy for China, and it is also an important market for China.

It is reported that the trade volume between China and Africa has risen from $10 billion in 2000 to $220 billion in 2012. In 2012, China's investment in Africa was 20 times that of a decade ago, and if you add the part through third-country investment, the total amount exceeded $40 billion. Africa has also become China's second largest overseas labor project contracting market. There are nearly one million Chinese in Africa, and more than 2,000 Chinese companies are engaged in economic and trade activities in Africa.

South Africa is the representative country of Africa, the only representative of the BRICS countries in Africa, and a traditional friendly country of China. Tanzania and the Republic of Congo are not only China's main energy sources, but also China's traditional friendly countries. Africa's development is an opportunity for China, and China's development is also an opportunity for Africa, and African countries are eager to learn from China's successful economic experience.

At a time when Europe and the United States are facing various political and economic problems, while stabilizing the Asian market, China is actively expanding energy and economic and trade cooperation with Africa and opening up more blank markets, which is conducive to the long-term prospects of China's economy and expands the international space for Chinese products and investment.

This economic influence also translates into political and diplomatic influence. Africa: On the one hand, China's economic development, as well as its assistance and win-win development to Africa, which are different from the colonial practices of Western countries in the past, as well as various conditional assistance, have demonstrated China's strategic thinking of peaceful development and win-win cooperation with the host country, and won the hearts and minds of the African people.

On the other hand, Africa has friendly relations with China after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, and China and Africa have a common path to resist the West and seek independence and self-determination, and Africa is also an important backing for China to return to the United Nations and gain greater international discourse. Further development of cooperation in various fields is conducive to promoting the democratization and multipolarization of international relations.

Relations between China and Russia have been showing a very strong momentum over the years.

Russia is very rich in oil and natural gas, and now Russia is also facing the shrinking European market, and urgently needs to open the East Asian market and carry out more energy cooperation with China.

China and Russia have extensive geopolitical contacts, traditional and practical political exchanges and mutual interests concerns, the Sino-Russian border, especially in the Russian Far East The two countries have close economic relations, but the trade volume between China and Russia in 2012 was only more than 80 billion US dollars, only one-sixth of the nearly 500 billion US dollars trade between China and the United States, and even far less than the 2,100 US dollars of China and South Korea and the 330 billion US dollars of China and Japan.

After returning to the Kremlin, Putin has already expressed his intention to take advantage of the east wind of China's economy and put forward the strategy of expanding eastward for the large-scale development of the Far East. At the same time, it will strengthen practical cooperation with China in various fields of shijie. To put it bluntly, it is necessary to unite against the influence of the United States in Shijie.

Looking at Russia again, in terms of Sino-Russian political relations, as the Chinese premier said, "there is nothing to talk about," there is still a lot of room for economic cooperation between the two sides, and by constantly consolidating economic cooperation between the two sides and expanding economic relations, especially when Russia joined the WTO last year and Russia actively got rid of a single-structure economy that is too dependent on energy, a more solid foundation for Sino-Russian relations will contribute to the long-term stability of Sino-Russian relations. China and Russia will be more closely linked in dealing with the "encirclement" of a third country, in establishing a multipolar system, in breaking the old international order, and on some major regional and international issues.

The union of China and Russia is to increase the international discourse, lay a good external environment for the realization of China's long-term strategy, and is more conducive to resolving territorial disputes in the surrounding areas. The increasingly close relations between China and Russia are also a counterweight to the ambiguous relationship between the United States and Japan and the United States' meddling in the South China Sea. This is also a response to the fact that China and Russia are also facing the anti-missile system built by the United States and others, which is constantly squeezing the strategic space of China and Russia.

Sino-Russian relations will also be reflected in closer cooperation with many regional and international multilateral organizations, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, the G20, the IMF and the East Asia Summit, and form a "strategic alliance" in a sense on the territory of East Asia and the maintenance of the international order after World War II.

Whether it is China's Somalia issue or other African countries' issues, the comprehensive development of China's relations with Africa and the enhancement of its influence will not only stabilize China's energy security and new overseas markets, but also greatly enhance China's international influence and help China gain international support on territorial disputes and other core interests issues, which is an "important magic weapon" for China to resist the containment and containment strategy of the United States and other Western countries.

In addition, it should be pointed out that China's development is not in alliance with Russia and African countries. (To be continued......)