The Chinese need to understand what the stakes are. This is an opportunity for Europeans to say, ‘This is your problem, you could have stayed away like in 2014, but you chose not to – so you own this’
It’s part of a broader framing exercise that is currently taking place that is not actually pro-peace or pro-Russian. It’s just an anti-American one, because it works really well in the moment.
Janka Oertel talks about the Chinese peace plan for the Ukraine War and its underlying attempt to add anti-American sentiment to the perception of the conflict
Janka Oertel explains Beijing’s geopolitical and geostrategic interests and the China-Russia relationship
The Zero Covid policy was not only implemented to save lives in light of low vaccination rates, but it also helped to reinforce Xi Jinping’s approach towards the absolute control of society
Janka Oertel on China’s zero-covid strategy and what impact last week’s protests have had on the government
This idea that China can play a role as a mediator is based on zero empirical facts, it is instead more wishful thinking on the part of European leaders
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