Xi and Lula advocate strengthening the alliance against the United States

good melody with preferred partner is what the Brazilian president prepared during his state visit to China. Xi Jinping and Lula da Silva defended dialogue and negotiations from Beijing as the only sustainable way out of the crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They also agreed to challenge US foreign and trade policy with defense curb the dominance of the dollar in business transactions.

During a meeting between the two leaders this Friday at the Great Hall of the People, Xi assured Lulu that relations between the two countries “will play a key role for stability and world peace” and that relations with Brazil are a “diplomatic priority”. The Chinese president confirmed that the Asian giant is seeking “the creation of a new development paradigm” far from the west and championed its Global Security Initiative, launched in April 2022.

The solutions to stop the war in Ukraine remain unclear. Lula defends the creation of a committee of intermediary countries where the two sides will sit for negotiations. For its part, China has presented a twelve-point peace plan, which has not been well received in the West because it does not foresee the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.

The two countries have signed cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, renewable energy sources, health, the digital economy or the aviation industry. Brazil, defying pressure from the United States, has pledged to continue cooperation in China’s semiconductor industry and bet on its 5G technology. Lula invited Xi Jinping to visit his country in 2024 to see first-hand the projects that are interested in attracting Chinese investment.

Visit to Baerbock

In recent weeks, Beijing has become the center of diplomacy. Coinciding with the visit of Lula da Silva, German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock.

The German showed a much harsher tone than the one shown by President Emmanuel Macron last week. He rated “horror scene” the possibility of military escalation in the Taiwan Strait and called on China to influence Russia to stop the war in Ukraine. It is also concerned that “Human rights are becoming more and more limited” in China.

Arrest of dissidents

The statement that occurs the day after lawyer and dissident Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan, were arrested on their way to the European Union embassy in Beijing. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already filed a complaint with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and requested the release of the pair.

In 2015, the Chinese government cracked down on lawyers and human rights activists. He arrested three hundred lawyerssince then, most are either in prison or under police surveillance.