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How China views the Ukraine crisis
China, temporarily reduced to on onlooker, is watching the Ukraine crisis anxiously as Xi hedges his bets on Putin's aggressive diplomacy, writes Minxin Pei.
Ukraine crisis creates dilemmas close to home
As Russia takes advantage of fractured Western politics to push its claims in Ukraine, John McCarthy argues a backdown by the United States and its European allies would impose severe strategic costs. An emboldened China ready to assert its claims over Taiwan would likely be one of them.
China-Russia Friendship Awakens Fears of a New Cold War
On 2 December, Russian engineers opened a valve to start pumping natural gas down a 3000km pipeline across snow-dusted plains in Siberia to the north eastern Chinese border. The moment was celebrated via video link between Vladimir Putin in Sochi and Xi Jinping in Beijing.