OPINION / OBSERVER
By Lu Xue Published: Jun 06, 2021 09:03 PM
Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation s capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images/VCGRussian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he was convinced that the US is following a typical scenario of an empire: Confident of their unlimited power, empires create unnecessary problems for themselves until they can no longer cope with them, according to Russian News Agency Tass.
US turning G7 into anti-China, anti-Russia chorus ‘wishful thinking’
Xu Keyue and Xu Yelu Published: Jun 06, 2021 09:09 PM
Xinhua file photos of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden
Before Joe Biden departs for Europe, embarking on his first trip abroad since he took office, the US president again tried to unite his major allies by playing the card of ideology and democratic values, in turning the Group of Seven (G7), which was designed as a framework for economic development, into a narrow-minded and outdated anti-China and anti-Russia club, Chinese experts said, echoing fresh warning from the Russian President that the US is walking the path of the Soviet Union.
China and Russia are maintaining frequent communication and friendly interactions despite the US trying to ease its tensions with Russia and concentrating on the competition with China. Some strategists in Washington still want to follow their Cold War playbook to alienate China-Russia relations in order to serve US interest.
The Capitol Hill riots that aimed to overthrow existing systems have shown some omen of a ‘color revolution.’ When the US has been spreading ‘color revolutions’ in other countries, it has failed to introspect over its own deep-rooted problems. This has widened the estrangement between the US elites and the ordinary Americans. As a result, populists in the US have gathered strength to revolt against the elites