The Chinese authorities officially supported Russia amid a sharp deterioration of relations between Moscow and Western countries. Beijing's position was voiced by Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in Moscow. "As the new Minister of Defense of China, I pay a visit to Russia to show the world the high level of development of our bilateral relations and the firm determination of our armed forces to strengthen strategic cooperation. The Chinese side came to let the Americans know about the close ties of the armed forces of China and Russia, especially in this situation. We came to support you, "the minister said.. At the same time, General Wei stressed that his visit "was coordinated with the Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping," that is, his words reflect the position of the entire leadership of the country. By "this situation" he meant the threat of a trade war the US is unleashing, and the harassment of Russia in the "Skripal case", notes "Vzglyad". The exceptionality of the statement of the Chinese Defense Minister is that the high-ranking representative of this country for the first time in decades stated in public that the relationship between Moscow and Beijing is important, including in the context of a joint confrontation with Washington. The Russian-Chinese rapprochement is caused by the deliberate choice of the leadership of the two countries. Both for Russia and China, the US is a strategic adversary. Both countries want to destroy the Washington model of a unipolar world. Previously, the topic of general discontent with the actions of Americans in the international arena was not publicly discussed, but now the States have reached an extreme point, and therefore such a statement was made out loud. For Washington this should become an alarm bell. In addition to the trade war, the "Skripal case" and the Korean crisis, another reason for Chinese discontent was the recently signed US President Donald Trump's law on contacts with Taiwan, which allows travel of American officials to the island. China does not recognize its sovereignty and considers its inalienable territory. On the part of the Americans, this was a huge mistake. The country that begins to play the Taiwan card, completely lose face in the eyes of Beijing. Because for the PRC the position of "one China" is fundamental. The fact that Beijing is very determined, according to the statements of the Chinese press. "China can exert pressure on the US in other areas of bilateral cooperation, for example, in matters of the Korean Peninsula, on the Iranian nuclear issue. China may also oppose the United States in international organizations such as the United Nations. The mainland must also prepare for direct armed clashes in the Taiwan Strait. It must be made clear that the activation of formal exchanges between the United States and Taiwan will result in serious consequences for Taiwan, "wrote the Global Times. Most likely, no war for Taiwan between the two nuclear powers and, moreover, the world's largest economies will most likely not happen.

The only result that the US will achieve in trying to annoy the PRC and put it at a disadvantage will be a marked increase in the global strategic interaction between Moscow and Beijing. For Washington's foreign policy this is a complete failure. Independent American political scientists begged both Barack Obama and Donald Trump "not to push Russia and China into each other's arms".

But in the White House the mind does not listen to the voice. So much the worse for the American leadership.