{"id":8687,"date":"2024-04-04T19:25:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2024-04-04T19:27:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:27:18","slug":"chinas-difficult-balancing-act-in-russia-ukraine-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=8687","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Difficult Balancing Act in Russia-Ukraine Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8687\" class=\"elementor elementor-8687\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b81e1db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b81e1db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43bcf07\" data-id=\"43bcf07\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a4c047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a4c047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meia Nouwens\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Affiliation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinese Defence Policy and Military Modernisation, IISS London<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)<\/span><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">March 4, 2022\/London, UK<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Article<\/span><\/p><p><b>Word Count: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1750<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iiss.org\/blogs\/analysis\/2022\/03\/chinas-difficult-balancing-act-in-russia-ukraine-crisis\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.iiss.org\/blogs\/analysis\/2022\/03\/chinas-difficult-balancing-act-in-russia-ukraine-crisis<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">China, Russia, Russia-Ukraine Crisis\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The inconsistency of China\u2019s narrative regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine shows Beijing\u2019s difficulty to balance its role in the crisis. The author examines the inconsistency of China\u2019s attitude as it tries to stick with a long-held principle while keeping a valuable strategic partner. Chinese diplomat Wang Yi published China\u2019s official statement on 26<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> February regarding the invasion, which emphasized respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, and support to settle the conflict through diplomatic and peaceful resolution. However, Beijing is reluctant to use language that criticizes and condemns the Russian invasion. Moreover,\u00a0 Wang Yi stated that Russia had security concerns that should be taken seriously. Earlier in February, China publicly announced to deepen its relationship with Russia and to maintain normal trade. But now China is being threatened for maintaining any valuable relationship with Russia as it could be affected by such trade cooperation, since it could be caught up in the sanctions that the Western bloc has imposed on Russia. Therefore, Beijing does not support the use of sanctions and claims that it has no basis in international law. Finally, the author addresses the Taiwan question and the speculation that China could follow Russia\u2019s Ukraine-invasion model in Taiwan; accordingly, such slogan has been popping up in Taiwan which says \u201ctoday Ukraine, tomorrow Taiwan\u201d. However, some analysts argue that what happens in Ukraine has nothing to do with the Indo-Pacific. The author argues that China won\u2019t follow in Russia\u2019s path on Taiwan, as China has seen how Western countries reacted to Russia\u2019s actions.<\/span><\/p><p><b>By: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salman Nugraha, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CIGA Research Intern<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Meia Nouwens\u00a0 Affiliation: Chinese Defence Policy and Military Modernisation, IISS London Organization\/Publisher: International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Date\/Place: March 4, 2022\/London, UK Type of Literature: Article Word Count: 1750 Link: https:\/\/www.iiss.org\/blogs\/analysis\/2022\/03\/chinas-difficult-balancing-act-in-russia-ukraine-crisis Keywords: China, Russia, Russia-Ukraine Crisis\u00a0 Brief: The inconsistency of China\u2019s narrative regarding the Russian 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