Moscow - St. Basil’s Cathedral and Kremlin. Moscow. Russia. Credit: Yolanda White via Flickr
Moscow - St. Basil's Cathedral and Kremlin. Moscow. Russia. Credit: Yolanda White via Flickr - By siding with Moscow, China could risk both reputational damage and its ambitious economic expansion plans, say Dr Aglaya Snetkov (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies) and Associate Professor Marc Lanteigne (University of Tromsø). As Russia's war in Ukraine continues, China's role has been thrown into sharp relief. Prior to the war, some commentators suggested that China would openly side with Russia or seek to act as a mediator - so far Beijing appears to have resisted doing either. As Qin Gang, China's ambassador to the US, wrote recently in the Washington Post, Beijing has nothing to gain from this war, arguing "wielding the baton of sanctions at Chinese companies while seeking China's support and cooperation simply won't work".
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