Beijing tries to maintain neutrality in the face of Russian invasion of Ukraine. Although China has not condemned Moscow's actions, they call for “a peaceful resolution of the conflict and respect for the sovereignty of all countries.” As part of these activities, the Middle Kingdom proposed a 12-point peace plan and readiness for mediation between the parties to the conflict. However, nothing came of it. At the same time, China blames the West, mainly NATO and the USA.
“The Chinese pursue their own interests, but I think that a fair, peaceful solution and end of hostilities are more in line with Beijing's interests than that the great, endless earthquake for the whole world order” – said the then Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrij Melnyk in 2023.
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China does not want peace in Ukraine. Taiwan's key
However, as he assesses in the commentary for the British “The Telegraph” analyst Rebekah Koffler, who collaborated with the American defense Intelligence Agency, the goal proclaimed by Beijing is completely different than the actual.
“China perceives the erosion of American combat readiness as a key in preventing US intervention in the future invasion of China at Taiwan, which some American military commanders assess as likely around 2027.” – notes the analyst.
As the analyst writes, for Beijing a plan to subordinate Taiwan is more important than the interests and trade war with Washington.
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What is the dispute about Taiwan?
Taiwan is an island located about 160 km from the coast of China, inhabited by over 23 million people. After the civil war in China in 1949, the loser leader Czang Kaj-Szek escaped to Taiwan and announced that he temporarily moved the capital of China there. As a result, the communists took power in continental China, and the Republic of China, or Taiwan, is governed by themselves.
