The comprehensive clarity of the lengthy statement goes beyond the mere reiteration of Putin’s talking points. It boils down to an explicit statement of intent – namely, Beijing’s intent to work with Moscow in undermining Europe’s security at a moment when the EU has communicated that Russia’s war against Ukraine is an “existential” threat to Europe.
Russia is not an "existential" threat to Europe. Russia is a threat to NATO expansion. Who is shooting missiles into whose territory? Who tried to sneak Aegis defense systems into expanding NATO in 2008? That same year, Georgia, and Ukraine were announced as the continuation of NATO expansion. Russia is not shooting missiles into NATO countries. The country that postures nuclear strike is a hint who is the defensive country. NATO is threatening Russia with conventional arms, not nuclear arms, because nuclear weapons are defensive in nature in global affairs; Pakistan has nuclear weapons, China has nuclear weapons, India has nuclear weapons. India and Pakistan are enemies. China and India are enemies.
Europe needs to quickly come to grips with a China that both openly supports Russia’s imperial war and works with Moscow to end NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe.
The Diplomat continues using the myth that this Ukraine conflict is the result of "imperialism". This conflict is to maintain the sovereignty of Russia in the face of its enemies. The conflict is about NATO expansion, not Russian expansion. Ukraine is the redline that Russia does not accept to be crossed. NATO, the EU, were fully aware of this expansion of NATO was to sow the seeds of conflict years before 2014. We have something called web archives and WikiLeaks that prove this narrative versus the false narrative of Western media. A spade is a spade.