China & Russia strengthen friendship, blasting Western 'neocolonialism' & US militarism

Putin met with Xi Jinping in Beijing, where China and Russia released a joint statement blasting Western "colonialism and hegemonism", supporting a multipolar world and more representation for the Global South, and calling for de-dollarization and expansion of BRICS. Ben Norton analyzes the historic document.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ufjxmDLQyBU

Full text of the joint statement with links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/24/china-russia-joint-statement-new-era-75th-anniversary/

Topics

0:00 Intro

0:49 Putin's visit to China

1:42 Summary of the joint statement

4:58 Russia deepens economic integration with China

7:18 China expands trade with anti-hegemonic nations

8:50 Note on translation of joint statement

11:20 75th anniversary of China-Russia relations

13:46 Supporting Global South & multipolar world

17:58 Condemning Western neocolonialism & hegemony

20:49 Expanding cooperation

23:03 "True multilateralism"

25:14 Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter

27:35 Shanghai Cooperation Organization

28:33 Expanding BRICS

30:10 Nuclear weapons

30:33 Condemning US militarism

34:26 Climate change & pollution

36:01 Ukraine war

38:58 Non-interference

40:29 ASEAN

40:46 East Asia

41:33 North Korea

42:36 West Asia (Middle East) & Palestine

44:07 Afghanistan

45:18 Africa

46:25 Latin America

48:17 Outro