Two reasons why the war in Ukraine is beneficial to China - an expert
The President of the NGO "Liberal-Democratic League of Ukraine" Arthur Kharitonov for the text "without unnecessary illusions. What will be said by Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelenskyy" told this in a comment to the focus. "War in Ukraine is beneficial to China because Russia is getting weaker. No, China does not plan to pay it off - Beijing has no claims in Russian territories, as some claim. China likes that Russia becomes more controlled.
It can influence all political decisions in Russia and consider it in fact its colony. Russia, however, is fighting the attention of the West from China. My colleagues from South Korea University say that these are viewing war in Ukraine, as Stalin was looking at the war in Korea, when all efforts were focused on the Soviet The Union and China in Korea. And Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe were under Soviet occupation very quickly, "Kharitonov says.
Secondly, China managed to adapt to the war in Ukraine a year. It buys cheap Russian energy, strengthening Russia's dependence, and strengthens positions in the Russian market. According to China, WSJ voiced, the turnover between Moscow and Beijing increased by about 29% in 2022 compared to a year earlier-up to $ 190 billion (between Ukraine and China is 25 times less). As Russia's sales of oil and gas in Europe have decreased, China has become a significant buyer.