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Bear hug? China’s take on Ukraine

The Intelligence from The Economist

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China Is a Peace Loving Giant, but It Is a Stance of Pro Russian, Anti American Pseudo Neutrality

China does not welcome this war, and at least chinese diplomats, but seems startled initially. Then they settled quite quickly into a stance that seems more comfortable for china which is officially high minded at neutrality. The sad reality is that the chinese commonist party doesn't have particularly strong views about who runs ukraine. And as a result, out china has avoided calling russia the aggressor in this conflict.

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