The China-Russia Double
Helix
By The Saker and Larchmonter 445
December 23, 2014 "ICH"
- "The
Saker" - - Today I
sharing with you a document which I
personally consider as absolutely crucial:
an in-depth analysis of the China-Russia
Strategic Alliance (RCSA) written by
somebody who looks at it from the "Chinese
side". I want to tell you a few words
about how this document came into existence.
I was talking with Larchmonter 445 about the
development in Russia when I realized that a
lot of his arguments centered around the
relationship between China and Russia and
when I probed him further I realized that he
knew a lot about it. Not only that, but he
had come to the exact same conclusions about
the RCSA as I had, but he came to the from
the other, Chinese, side. That's when I
asked him to write a short analysis of this
topics, and Larchmonter 445 agreed. Except
that is as a perfectionist workaholic and
his short analysis ended up 25 pages long
and with 39 footnotes! As a result, what I
can now share with you is a comprehensive
survey of all the officially known
components of the RCSA (you can bet that
there are many more which I kept secret!).
I find Larchmonter 445's image of a double
helix particularly appropriate because what
we are witnessing here is the birth of a
new geopolitical "life form" so to
speak, an informal alliance of two countries
which goes much deeper than most regular
alliances do: what we are seeing is the
mutual agreement to establish a
full-spectrum geostrategic symbiosis
between two civilizational realms as
both Russia and China are what used to be
called 'empires' in the past but which today
are what I call "civilizational realms":
multi-ethnic, multi-national and
multi-religious ex-empires whose influence
extends beyond their current national
borders and whose international strategic
"weight" makes far more akin to continents
then to countries.
Make no mistake, what we are seeing is
something unprecedented in history and it is
much more than just an "alliance". After
all, an alliance can easily be broken and
country A can decide to switch from an
alliance with country B to an alliance with
country C. In the case of the RCSA what we
are seeing is something much more akin to
the birth of Siamese twins: in a
geopolitical tectonic shift, Russia and
China have decided to be shared not just "at
the hip", but with many "vital organs and
systems" including energy and defense,
of course, but also their economies and long
term development policies. Each symbiont
will keep its own head and brain, but they
will share "torsos".
I would argue that this is by far the single
most important political development since
the end of WWII and probably the most
important one in this century: it is hard to
overstate the implications of what this
means and Obama's famous "pivot" to Asia is
completely dwarfed and, really, rendered
utterly irrelevant by this new reality:
typically, while the Obama roared and
barked, Putin and Xi Jinping quietly, but
profoundly, changed the planetary
equilibrium. I wonder if somebody will dare
tell the White House.
I urge you all to carefully read Larchmonter
445' White Paper and to keep it for future
reference (in particular all the recent
developments he lists). Since it was too
long to post here, I have made it available
for download from Mediafire in ZIP, ODT,
DOCX and PDF file formats. You can find the
link to the Mediafire directory right under
Larchmonter 445's introductory remarks
below.
A big THANK YOU to Larchmonter 445!
I hope that you will enjoy this great read.
Cheers,
The Saker
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Introduction by
Larchmonter 445:
Saker asked me if I could
provide an article regarding China and
Russia. I told him that I thought the
entwining of the two was far deeper and
meaningful than 'deals' for commodities and
weapons. He added that the two militaries
had gone through highly unique, for the two
nations, training and had scheduled more for
next year to push their integration
capabilities.
I felt that what I had
learned studying China for over a dozen
years, the relationship was qualitatively
unique in international history, far from
just a special partnership category. There
was a bonding in process. Double Helix was,
to my mind, an ideal metaphor. Thus, the
article became a large presentation. But the
two nations are two of the largest and the
bonding in process is comprehensive. To give
it light, it took length and some depth.
One other note, I could have
added another 20-30 footnotes, but it is
another purpose of the philosophy of the
Vineyard, as Saker has expressed, for the
visitors, readers, commenters and
participants do research of their own,
contribute material and facts dug up and
shared. In other words, one voice does not
make anything authoritative and final. I
agree. In the spirit of Orthodox practice,
challenge whatever you find in error or
doubt.
I
found it best to read in pdf on my iPad.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and remember
to donate to the Saker. He uses most of 18
hours a day of nearly every day to make this
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Larchmonter 445
Mediafire download
directory:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/fpid1fhd6nv59/China_Russia_Double_Helix
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