Watch: Why China, Russia’s biggest backer, now says It wants to broker peace in Ukraine
that China might be preparing to provide weapons to Russia, warning of “serious consequences” if it did.
Of course, another motivation for Beijing may be to drive a wedge between Kyiv and its Western allies. As the war drags on, how to keep funding Ukraine’s fight will become an increasingly divisive issue for the U.S. and Europe. Wang’s peacebuilding rhetoric also provides a potential smokescreen for Chinese support for Russia—and room for Beijing to recast itself as the “responsible stakeholder” as the U.S ramps up supplies of weaponry.
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