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‘Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow’: Beijing’s Moscow alliance vs Japan and Europe

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The Skepticism of China

I think there's some realism or skepticism about what China is willing to do and how China has in a sense been positioning itself as a global peacemaker without following through the Iran, Saudi Arabia thing. Bear in mind that there still is, as I mentioned, just now pretty much a core belief here in many European capitals that China is pro-Russia. With regard to the summon of democracy in the United States, when I speak to people about these sorts of initiatives, there's always a bit of skepticism because you're leaving yourself very prone to accusations of hypocrisy.

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