Atop Shanghai’s Guancha portal, citing the Chinese defense ministry, “Chinese and Russian military organize joint strategic patrol” in the Sea of Japan. It was the day after Joe Biden declared that he would act militarily against China, for Taiwan.
The flight made headlines in the Times of India and the British Financial Times, noting that they were “nuclear bombers” — in action during the Quad group meeting in Tokyo, with the presence, among others, of Biden and Indian Narendra Modi.
In the United States, the hegemonic New York Times chose not to highlight and, when reporting, used euphemisms such as “training activity”, not nuclear. “The activity was a significant sign that the partnership between China and Russia has not weakened,” he said.
In analyses, the newspaper questioned the American president for having “gone off the road” by threatening China militarily. “Biden has left US allies in a tricky position, particularly Australia,” whose new prime minister was hinting at resuming relations with Beijing.
While its Ukraine war news report continues to downplay Russia’s advance, the NYT released an editorial over the weekend also questioning Biden and the House Speaker for declaring the US seeks Russian defeat with the conflict.
“A military victory over Russia, in which Ukraine regains all the territory, is not a realistic objective,” the newspaper published, noting that “it will be the Ukrainian leaders who will have to make the painful territorial decisions that any compromise will require”.
He stresses that “it is imperative that the Ukrainian government’s decisions are based on a realistic assessment of its means and how much destruction Ukraine can withstand.” As for Biden, “the challenge is to get rid of the euphoria and stop the teasing.”
CHINA MOVES
For the Global Times, from Beijing, the new prime minister of Australia, in his “diplomatic debut in the Quad, indicates that he has not left the shadow” of his predecessor, against China.
Continuing act, with the map above and highlighting that the “US and Australian containment strategy [contra a China na região] is doomed to fail”, the CP newspaper announced Chancellor Wang Yi’s strategic tour of East Timor and the islands of the South Pacific.
‘CAR WASH’ RESURGE
After Elon Musk, the White House also offers electoral “photo-op” with Biden, for Jair Bolsonaro to go to the threatened Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.
And the US Department of Justice has just closed a deal with the mining company Glencore, disclosing via the Wall Street Journal’s home page, about “international bribery investigation” in Brazil, part of “Operation Car Wash”.
