Is the defeat of Russia beneficial to China/Collage of Channel 24
China unofficially supports Russia and helps circumvent sanctions. However, experts believe that China wants Russia to become even weaker in order to take some territories. At the same time, at the moment, China does not benefit from the defeat of Russia.
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Igor Semivolos, president of the Center for Middle East Studies, told Channel 24 about this. He says that there really is an opinion that Russia's defeat is beneficial for China.
After all, according to the expert, then China will be able to take advantage of Russia's weakness to take away some territories and resources.
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If the Chinese are claiming anything more than just being a superpower, then they need Russia, because without it they won't be. If their ambition fails, then, most likely, China will “cool off” to Russia and look at this situation from a distance, Semivolos explained.
He noted that at present China is not profitable defeat of Russia. “On the one hand, they want to support Russia, this is the military-political wing, while at the same time, the economic wing advises to wait for events to unfold further,” the expert added.
Igor Semivolos told that Xi Jinping knew for several years that the Russians would attack Ukraine . Yes, in 2021 they have been intensively buying grain in the world in order to accumulate enough.
Putin deceived Xi Jinping – he promised him that he would “finish” Ukraine quickly, and the head of China believed and took some steps indicating a violation of their own principles – said the expert.
The President of the Center for Middle East Studies added that the Chinese fully supported Russia at the beginning of the war.
“And after it became it is clear that there is no blitzkrieg, but the war is dragging on, China began to talk about the need for negotiations, and the like. And before that, for 2 weeks, the Chinese supported Russia in the war. Xi Jinping knew perfectly well that the war would begin and fully supported it,” he added .
Igor Semivolos on China's position in Russia's war against Ukraine: video
By the way, China's position on the war remains an important issue in Ukraine. On the one hand, Beijing does not directly express support for Russia. On the other hand, Xi Jinping supports the decision to form a partnership with the aggressor country.
