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[–] Sepia@mander.xyz 7 points 23 hours ago

China supports Russia’s annexation of Ukraine.

I am not so sure. China has clearly said that it can't afford Russia to lose the war in Ukraine. But there is the point that China can neither afford Russia to win, or at least the Chinese don't want Russia to win.

China wants both a weak Europe and a weak Russia (as well as weak, disunited 'partners' around the globe; Trump's attacks against the EU's existence plays into China's hands imho). If everyone aroudn is distracted and busy with domestic problems, economic and political coercion work much better, and it makes it easier for the Chinese government to pursue its own advantages - in Siberia, Taiwan, in the South China Sea, in global trade, ... I may be mistaken, of course, but that's my opinion.