March 21, 2021

After talks between top Chinese and US diplomats in Alaska, held on Friday US time, China, the US and other major countries are busy with their respective agendas. 

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Brussels from Monday to Thursday to attend a NATO foreign ministers' meeting. The theme will undoubtedly be China and Russia. During his India visit, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh on Saturday, and China was one of their main topics in the closed-door meeting. When Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov embarks his China visit on Monday, the US will top the agenda in the upcoming China-Russia dialogue, although Beijing and Moscow usually do not proactively aim at Washington when discussing their strategic partnership. 

The US has been arrogant and overbearing lately, publicly and simultaneously piling pressure on both China and Russia. On March 17, US President Joe Biden said "I do" when asked if he believed the Russian president was a killer in a television interview. The US also repeatedly claimed recently that China poses the 21st century's greatest geopolitical challenge, pinned the "genocide" label on China's governance in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, as well as clamored about ganging up with its allies against China. Washington's offensive policies have further exacerbated the global geopolitical shock. 

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