President Xi Jinping’s government has tried to distance itself from Russia’s offensive but avoided criticizing Moscow.
A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard a the entrance to the Russian Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. As the West condemns Russia, President Vladimir Putin has vocal supporters in China, where the ruling Communist Party tells its people they are a fellow target of U.S.-led harassment. Public sentiment largely reflects the stance of a ruling party that is the closest thing Putin has to a major ally: The war should stop but the United States is to blame.
Media outlets were told last week to post only pro-Russian content and to censor anti-Russian or pro-Western views, according to a copy of instructions posted on the social media account of the newspaper Beijing News. The post was later deleted.Online and in social media, expressions of sympathy for Ukraine and support for Russia appear but not criticism of Moscow.
The ruling party has spent decades using school textbooks and the entirely state-controlled media to nurture a sense of nationalist grievance. It accuses the United States of trying to block China’s rise to its rightful position of global leadership. The state-run newspaper Capital News exhorted the public to line up with the ruling party: “The nation’s attitude is our attitude.”
Comments online have called for China to support Russia by purchasing its exports of oil, gas and other goods.
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