Category: Europe-China Relations

Beijing Describes Ukraine as ‘Prodigal Son’ in State Propaganda

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, China’s short video platform Douyin, known as TikTok overseas, released a video showing an elementary school teacher telling students that Ukraine is a “prodigal” child of the former Soviet Union. In this video, a female teacher, whose face not shown, vehemently told dozens of sixth-grade students in class that Ukraine…


Ukraine Foreign Minister Says China Has ‘Tools’ to Persuade Russia to End Invasion

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on March 6 that he believes the Chinese regime has sufficient diplomatic tools to stop Russia’s invasion, renewing focus on Beijing’s role in the Moscow-Kyiv conflicts. “China enjoys a special relationship with Russia,” Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Sunday’s press conference. “We expect that they will be…


China Changed Supply Chain Strategy With Russia 3 Months Ahead of Ukraine Invasion, Showing It Had Foreknowledge: Analyst

Around three months ago, China changed how it ordered goods from Russia in a way that would insulate Beijing in the event of Western sanctions on Moscow, according to a supply chain analyst citing insider information. This move suggested that China had foreknowledge of Russia’s plan to invade Ukraine, and had made contingencies to ensure…


China Changed Supply Chain Strategy With Russia 3 Months Ahead of Ukraine Invasion, Suggesting It Had Foreknowledge: Analyst

Around three months ago, China changed how it ordered goods from Russia in a way that would insulate Beijing in the event of Western sanctions on Moscow, according to a supply chain analyst citing insider information. This move suggested that China had foreknowledge of Russia’s plan to invade Ukraine, and had made contingencies to ensure…


Trade Is Surging Between China and Russia

News Analysis China and Russia are drawing closer and rapidly. That was happening even before the West imposed sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. But now that China seems willing to take at least some of what Russia may no longer be able to sell in Europe and elsewhere, bilateral trade between the…


China Is Hoarding Commodities

News Analysis America and Europe surprised Chinese and Russian bankers. In retaliation against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, they froze about $630 billion worth of Russian foreign reserves on Feb. 26. Moscow suddenly couldn’t utilize the hard currency reserves that it thought it possessed. It likely planned to use the billions to defend the ruble on…


Pro-Russia Propaganda Proliferates in China as Moscow’s Isolation Grows

If Russia needs to find some support amid the piling Western condemnation for its invasion of Ukraine, all it takes is a browse of the Chinese internet. In China’s tightly controlled online space, pro-Moscow sentiment dominates. Celebrities have been chastised for voicing sympathy for Ukraine. Hawkish Russian remarks are cheered. And some Chinese users have…


Chinese Communist Party Wants Isolated Russia to Become Dependent on Beijing: Expert

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hopes to capitalize on Russia’s current isolation by rendering it more dependent on Beijing, according to one expert. To achieve that goal, however, Beijing will need to provide Russia with assistance that flies under the radar of Western nations, which has leveled a slew of sanctions on Moscow over its…


Sanctions Unlikely to Force Russia’s Hand: Foreign Policy Experts

Two foreign policy experts from Curtin University, Australia, believe coordinated sanctions and boycotts on Russia will do little to quell the current invasion of Ukraine or push Vladimir Putin’s inner circle to remove him. Democratic nations have been in lockstep in the past week, rolling out a wave of sanctions to increase pressure on the…


Spalding: Russia’s War on Ukraine Requires China’s ‘Tacit Approval’

Russia’s war on Ukraine could not continue without support from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to one former Air Force Brigadier General. “The real leverage point here is China,” Gen. Robert Spalding, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, told The Epoch Times on March 3. “It’s not really the Russians, because the Russians…