№128: China Adapts Policy in Response to Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine
№128: China Adapts Policy in Response to Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine

Author(s): Marcin Przychodniak
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Łukasz Kulesa (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Russia; aggression; Ukraine; China; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: China perceives the Russian aggression against Ukraine as an expression of resistance to the U.S. and NATO hegemony and an important element of building a new international order that marginalises the West. Based on this, China is strengthening strategic cooperation with Russia, striving to weaken the international position of the U.S., the EU, and their partners, while testing reactions to a possible escalation of Chinese actions towards Taiwan, for example. President Xi Jinping expressed this policy course during his March visit to Russia. At the same time, China is trying to gain support from the countries of the Global South. This approach means a continuation of China’s assertive policy towards the European Union, among others.

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