CHINA: END OF ILLUSIONS AND CONFRONTATION WITH THE WEST
CHINA: END OF ILLUSIONS AND CONFRONTATION WITH THE WEST

Author(s): Marcin Przychodniak
Subject(s): Politics, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: China; foreign policy; West; confrontations;
Summary/Abstract: China’s reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine was closely followed by the political leaders of many countries, experts, and the general public. China’s disingenuous attitude of, on the one hand, calling for peace, while, on the other, supporting Russia economically and diplomatically, obscured the sealing of a breakthrough in Chinese foreign policy. After years of development based on closer economic cooperation with the West, China is turning inward and challenging the West to defend the rules-based international order, perceived by Chinese political elites as a threat to their power in the long term.

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