President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting on Russia’s side in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening a fragile peace effort in the three-year-old war.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting on Russia’s side in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening a fragile peace effort in the three-year-old war.
I would characterize China as “wanting to be on both sides of history”.
Most notably, China hasn’t condemned Putin’s invasion, only speaking of the conflict as a problem like it has no clear initiator. Xi has met with Putin and hasn’t used his influence to stop Putin, instead reaffirming their previous cooperation. On that background a statement of support to Ukraine’s territorial integrity looks like empty words.
Also, China has kept buying Russian fuels, which keeps Putin afloat. (It should be noted that other countries, even European countries, make the same mistake, but they’ve been making efforts to get off the Russian tap, while China has not.)
But they sell electronics and communication systems to both sides. Drones made of Chinese parts fight both on the Ukrainian and Russian side. And their army weapons haven’t been seen in Russian hands.
I agree that China is on the side of China.
My sentence was poorly worded. I was referring specifically to “the chinese” who were in Ukraine fighting for Russia. I would have written China if i meant the nation.