Pressure from the West brings Russia and China closer together
(Baonghean.vn) - The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Russia and China are taking steps to expand their cultural and social ties. Moscow and Beijing are making efforts to restore this relationship, amid increasing pressure from the West.
According to RT on April 22, SCMP newspaper said that Russia and China are trying to take their cultural relations to a new level. Cultural exchanges between the two countries may become more frequent in the coming months, when Moscow and Beijing celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations.
President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin have agreed to make 2024 and 2025 the Russia-China Cultural Years, part of efforts by Beijing and Moscow to draw closer amid growing pressure from the West.
SCMP said that culture and art occupy a special place in Russian society, but since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in 2022, Russia's creative community has increasingly distanced itself from the West. In order to break the isolation from the West, President Vladimir Putin is looking to increase cultural exchanges with China.
While there is a lot of political interaction between countries, there is very little such cultural interaction, said Yang Cheng, executive president of the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Regional Studies.
"Cultural exchange is more about people-to-people relationships, which is not closely related to the so-called 'hot politics' between the two countries," said expert Yang Cheng.
According to this expert, that is why it is necessary to further strengthen cultural exchanges. Emphasizing cultural relations shifts the focus of bilateral relations from high-level politics, including political or security issues, to people-to-people diplomacy./.