Beijing and Prigozhin: what does China think of the Wagner uprising?
Chinese Whispers
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The Risks of Supporting Russia's Invasion
There's a very strong conspiracy tradition within China, even back in 76 that were worries that somehow foreign agents had infiltrated Beijing during the Tiananmen protests. There's a whole communist tradition of paranoia about foreign intrusion that is still really a live force today. And do you think that the Chinese would buy that? Or are there worried people now in Jonahe thinking we've put a lot of eggs in a Putin basket? I think it's very difficult because Russia and China are so close and she and Putin are publicly very close.
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