The multipolaristas believe that BRICS is, objectively, a strong force
to weaken and defeat imperialism, by which they mean only U.S. or
Western imperialists.
For example, they add up the GDP of all BRICS and associated countries.
It is a big percentage of world GDP. But you can’t ignore the vast
disparity between a huge economy like China and a sick, puny one like
South Africa. That means relations among BRICS countries have problems.
Here and there, events point to the fact that solidarity is not the glue
of BRICS. At best, it is a weak alliance here, some transactional unity
there. Here is an example:
China unnerved by Russia’s growing ties with North Korea, claims US
official
Patrick Wintour, /Guardian/, 24 Nov 2024
China is increasingly uncomfortable about North Korea’s engagement with
Russia and finds the growing cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow
unnerving, Kurt Campbell, the US deputy secretary of state has said.
There are also doubts in the Japanese foreign ministry that China
supports North Korea’s dispatch of troops. Officials say China has
largely been silent over the issue, and may be worried that the military
collusion in Ukraine will help an American drive to form a network of
alliances with South Korea and Japan.
In a recent seminar at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies, a Washington thinktank, Campbell said: “The topic that is
becoming increasingly uncomfortable for Chinese interlocutors is the
DPRK [North Korea] engagement with Russia. In some of the discussions we
have had it seems we are informing them of things that they were unaware
of with regard to DPRK pursuits, and they are concerned that Russian
encouragement might lead the DPRK to contemplate either actions or
military actions that might not be in China’s interests.”
Dennis Wilder, a former CIA assistant director for east Asia and
Pacific, said: “There is not a word in the Chinese press either about
the strategic agreement made between Russia and North Korea in the
summer, or about sending troops. How does China explain what is going on
and how do they ignore internationally the fact that their client state
is now fighting in Ukraine? The Europeans are going to be upset and they
are not going to be upset at the North Koreans, but with China.”
/[Arguing the opposite assessment]/Prof Emi Mifune, of the faculty of
law at Komazawa University, said: “There is no way that China did not
know what Russia was planning. China cannot afford to see Russia lose
against the west, and if Russia wins it helps set up a propaganda
advantage and precedent for China in seeking to control Taiwain.”
Excerpted from
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/24/china-unnerved-russia-growing-ties-north-korea-claims-us-official
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