Now that both have turned openly capitalist, Russia and China have been redefining and restrengthening their ties on the basis of their separate but converging monopoly capitalist interests as well as the current in-fighting and realignments among the imperialist powers. Since 2001, through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the two have been developing political, economic, and military ties together with four other member-countries (former Soviet republics Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) and five other observer-countries (India, Mongolia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan). The growing Sino-Russian cooperation is a capitalist marriage of mutual interests. It lays bare the alignments and realignments among the imperialist powers and their client states towards a new East-West divide reminiscent of the Cold War. The peoples and mass movements fighting imperialism in both developed and underdeveloped countries must closely monitor this trend, because this has certain implications and consequences in the struggle for democracy and socialism.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:19:45 +0000
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