Almost a month in, China is still being extremely coy about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The regime is acutely aware there are many parallels between the Russia-Ukraine relationship and China-Taiwan, and that the Russian attempt to conquer Ukraine is failing, or at least stalled. Read More
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