Driving Russia and China closer together was idiotic and potentially catastrophic for the West. The admirals and generals and so called statesmen (actually just politicians cosplaying in fancy dress) who did this should pay a very heavy price.
From The Barents Observer, December 2:
Only few days after a Chinese bulk carrier destroyed two cables in the Baltic Sea in what appears as an act of sabotage, top officials from Beijing and Moscow sat down for their first meeting in a joint cooperation body for the Northern Sea Route.
"Although this is our first meeting in the Subcommission, we have already reached a series of agreements on safe shipping between our countries," Head of Rosatom Aleksei Likhachev said in an opening remark in the recent meeting.
"Constructive interaction is being established also in other important fields of interest [and] I believe that we have laid a solid basis for the work of the subcommission," the leader of Russia's state nuclear power company added.
China's Minister of Transport Liu Wei expressed consent. "The sides have reached consensus on several important issues with regard to the upcoming joint work," he said, according to the press service of Rosatom.
The meeting the joint structure was held only few days after the incidents with the Yi Peng 3. The 250 meter long Chinese bulk carrier is believed to have damaged to underwater communications cables in the Baltic Sea. The police in the affected countries suspect sabotage.
In early October 2023, the Chinese-Russian ship Newnew Polar Bear was involved in a similar case. By dragging its anchor over the Balticconnector gas pipeline, as well as a communication cable, the underwater infrastructure was seriously damaged. The ship escaped into north Russian waters and later sailed the Northern Sea Route back to China....
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Probably related, also at The Barents Observer, this time November 27:
While a Russian reefer previously suspected of espionage requested emergency assistance off the coast of the Nyhamna gas processing and exporting facility, a Chinese special cargo vessel criss-crossed the same waters.
If the Baltic cable game plays out the way things work in the South China Sea the progression is: deny, then plead innocence, then ask "Whatcha gonna do about it?"
It is at that point that we will be re-referencing the words Chairman Mao said about the U.S.:
"In appearance it is very powerful but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of; it is a paper tiger. Outwardly a tiger, it is made of paper, unable to withstand the wind and the rain. I believe that it is nothing but a paper tiger..."
Or as the philosopher asked the generals and armaments producers some time ago:
"When was the last time you b****es won a war?
