Among the messages congratulating the master of the Kremlin on his victory, that of the Chinese president who sent a message of congratulations to his Russian counterpart. Reactions were also numerous in the Chinese media and social networks.
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From our correspondent in Beijing,
The victory of Vladimir Poutine in the elections in Russia was on the screens of central television, but also widely commented on smartphones this Monday March 18 in China. With this web environment monitored and under control, an avalanche of messages congratulating the Russian president.
Moscow’s resistance to Washington praised
Like the former daily editorialist Global Times Who ” welcomes and supports this re-election » on his X account. ” Personally, writes Hu Xijin“I appreciate Russia’s firm resistance against American and Western oppression and firmly support maintaining China-Russia strategic relations.”
🔹Personally, I welcome & support Putin’s re-election, appreciate Russia’s firm resistance against US & Western oppression, and firmly support maintaining 🇨🇳-🇷🇺 strategic relationship.
🔹Also, I support China’s utmost efforts to remain neutral & balanced on the Ukraine issue,… pic.twitter.com/VxbFLLdcEA
— Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) March 18, 2024
For Putin, Taiwan is part of China
Another point that comes up in the comments and Chinese media this Monday is the fact that Moscow and Beijing are hand in hand regarding Taiwan. The words of the master of the Kremlin in his victory speech come back repeatedly: “There is no doubt, Putin reiterated once again, that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.”
The “re-election” of Vladimir Putin in the Chinese media this Monday. Numerous repetitions of the Kremlin master’s victory speech on the “stabilizing factor” of the relationship 🇨🇳🇷🇺and the fact that the Russian president repeated that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China”. https://t.co/N4cRD7CYWk
— Stéphane Lagarde (@StephaneLagarde) March 18, 2024
In this sea of “flower” emoticons addressed to the Russian president, a few “flower” smileys dying of laughter ” on a ” undoubtedly very popular character » and which, at such a level of popularity, Internet users write, “ no longer needs votes to be elected “.
Some go so far as to use the word “adopted” repeated in each of the votes, again massive and almost unanimous, of the delegates of the Chinese Communist Party, during the CCP Congresses.
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