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Bristling Against the West, China Rallies Sympathy for Russia
- pmoriarty 5y agoFrom a BBC article titled "The Ukraine crisis is a major challenge for China"[1]: "a constant refrain from China's leaders is that it does not interfere in the internal affairs of others and that other countries should not interfere in its internal affairs... but: "Putin recognises the independence of Ukraine separatist regions, which is obviously interfering in the domestic affairs of another country." also: "Vladimir Putin says he's liberating Russian speakers inside Ukraine. What of the ethnic Mongolians, Koreans, Kyrgyz and the like who are now part of China? More potentially explosive for Beijing, what if Tibetans or Uyghurs renew calls for greater autonomy or even independence? "That this does not happen is more important to Xi Jinping's administration than anything." [1] - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-60492134 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-60492134