China Ukraine stance

The party-state is using its extensive information control toolbox to artificially amplify its version of Russia’s invasion.

The question is not whether China will continue to hang on to its strategic partnership with Russia, but how it will manage it.

Beijing's ideal vision for China-EU relations urgently needs an update to grapple with recent developments – starting with the Ukraine war.

In U.S. interactions with Asian partners, “I expect Russia-Ukraine will be an issue but it won’t be the issue,” the State Department counselor told The Diplomat.

Russia’s Ukraine invasion holds important takeaways for China about elite politics, foreign policy, and military affairs.

In the long term, China is intent on using the Ukraine conflict to erode U.S. leadership and sow division in transatlantic relations.

Beijing is reacting to events on the ground to ensure that its wartime stance does not land it on the wrong side of history.

While China tried to emphasize the potential for general cooperation, EU leaders made clear that their “top priority” is to end the war in Ukraine.

In arguably Beijing’s strongest signal of support for Russia yet, Sergey Lavrov is a full participant at a China-hosted meeting on Afghanistan affairs.

Ukraine was not one of China’s largest partners, but they had important ties in a number of areas that will be difficult to replace.

Secondary sanctions on China would be more painful and harder to justify – which makes any unified application unlikely.

4 scenarios for China-EU relations amid the war in Ukraine.