Analysis: China’s Ukraine plan mixes peace, self-interest
Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces daunting obstacles if he is serious about trying to help end the 14-month-old war.Xi’s plan to send an envoy to Ukraine allows his government to deflect criticism of its support for Moscow and pursue a bigger role as a diplomatic force. Hisin a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prompted optimism Beijing might use its warm relations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to push for peace.
“China’s self-interest happens to align with ending the war,” said John Delury, an international relations specialist at Yonsei University in Seoul. that former Soviet republics might not be sovereign countries. That group includes Ukraine, and European Union members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Xi’s call with Zelenskyy might sustain European hopes that China can be persuaded to “wield its influence to help end the war” but is “unlikely to change the Western assessment of Beijing’s stance as one of ‘pro-Russian neutrality,’” said Eurasia Group analysts in a report.The announcement gives Beijing a chance to show it doesn’t always agree with Moscow, though the differences might be too subtle for Western critics.
Despite that, the Chinese government says they have a “non-alliance” relationship. Beijing has promised not to supply armaments to either side in the Ukraine war.
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