This displacement is the necessary ingredient for China's emergence as the new global hegemon, writes TomRtweets.
Offering quiet support to President Vladimir Putin since his renewed invasion of Ukraine in February, China is growing increasingly uncomfortable as Russia's war effort struggles. As the war drags on, China risks alienating European powers that now regard Russia as the preeminent threat to their security.
Meeting Putin and Russian legislators at an economic forum in Vladivostok last week, a top Chinese official endorsed Russia's war in Ukraine. As reported by the New York Times, a Russian parliamentary readout of the meeting records that Li Zhanshu stated that"China understands and supports Russia on issues that represent its vital interests, in particular on the situation in Ukraine.
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