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China tells NATO not to create chaos in Asia and rejects label of 'enabler' of Russia's Ukraine war

China accused NATO on Thursday of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same “chaos” to Asia, a reflection of its determination to oppose strengthening ties between NATO members and Asian nations such as Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.

The statement by a Foreign Ministry spokesperson came a day after NATO labeled China a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

“NATO hyping up China’s responsibility on the Ukraine issue is unreasonable and has sinister motives,” spokesperson Lin Jian said at a daily briefing. He maintained that China has a fair and objective stance on the Ukraine issue.

China has broken with the United States and its European allies over the war in Ukraine, refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion or even to refer to it as an act of aggression in deference to Moscow. Its trade with Russia has grown since the invasion, at least partially offsetting the impact of Western sanctions.

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12mo ago

China tells NATO not to create chaos in Asia and rejects label of 'enabler' of Russia's Ukraine war

apnews.com /article/china-nato-ukraine-war-689834988a7e0543504010649a63e319

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Beijing exports more than $300m worth of dual-use items - those with both commercial and military applications - to Russia every month, according to an analysis of Chinese customs data by the Carnegie Endowment think tank.
It says the list includes what the US has designated as "high priority" items, which are necessary for making weapons, from drones to tanks.
RUSI, a UK-based think tank has also cautioned about the potential use of Chinese satellite technology for intelligence on Ukraine's front line.
https://www.bbc.com/news/60571253
The only way they could enable Russia more is by directly sending them munitions.
- The only way they could enable Russia more is by directly sending them munitions.
  It does seem rich for NATO to call China out on this when NATO members are sending Israel weapons and enabling a different genocide.
  Maybe there's some reason that's different but I definitely don't understand it off the top of my head.
  
  NATO members give Israel weapons to conduct a genocide therefore it's okay if China is complicit in Russia's invasion of Ukraine where they are conducting a genocide.
  I see. Genocide is fine as long as two genocides cancel each other out.
- Ukraine literally praises the Chinese dual-use items that they received (drones, etc.) and calls them far superior to Western equivalents.
  The problem is that if China were to pull out of trading with parties of the conflict, it would also deny Ukraine from much-needed dual-use equipment.
  Meanwhile, Russia? They've spent decades figuring out how to skirt sanctions and their allies in Central Asia are more than happy to profit off of such dealings.
  
  Ukraine literally praises the Chinese dual-use items that they received (drones, etc.) and calls them far superior to Western equivalents.
  Please show them praising the ones the received directly from China rather than bought through a third party.
  
  Maybe China should stop sitting on the fence and support Ukraine outright?
- They also trade on the same terms with literally everyone else. That’s called being neutral.
  
  Please show me these terms on selling dual-use items to Ukraine.
  
  That's not a good thing.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The statement by a Foreign Ministry spokesperson came a day after NATO labeled China a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
“NATO hyping up China’s responsibility on the Ukraine issue is unreasonable and has sinister motives,” spokesperson Lin Jian said at a daily briefing.
China has broken with the United States and its European allies over the war in Ukraine, refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion or even to refer to it as an act of aggression in deference to Moscow.
The exercises are the first with Belarus, an ally of Russia, with which it shares a single-party system under President Alexander Lukashenko, whose regime cracked down brutally on 2020 mass protests against his rule,
China is a key player in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes a strong military element involving Russia and several Central Asian nations, India and, most recently, Belarus.
Ukraine has firmly rejected that, along with a Chinese peace proposal that makes no mention of the return of Ukrainian territory to the government in Kyiv.
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The US fucked around with saber-rattling and scapegoating China for COVID (causing a massive rise in AAPI hate crimes btw) and now they're finding out. Maybe if our leaders had tried deescalating tensions before shit hit the fan, then they could've been more successful in trying to isolate Russia, but no, always gotta have an enemy to justify the military-industrial complex, long-term consequences be damned.
- China is the origin of COVID-19. Their attempts to keep it quiet and subsequent refusal for actual openness and access made the pandemic worse. There is no scapegoating there.
  And China is a direct threat to the USs hegemony. So they will off course see them as an adversary. China sees the US as their adversary in their path to growth. The sabre rattling goes both ways.
  
  The COVID lab leak conspiracy theory was promoted by high level politicians and news outlets. The origin point is largely irrelevant as it could've happened anywhere. China's response was much better at containing the virus than that of the US, which is why fewer people died per capita. Public opinion of China was majority favorable in 2018, so the argument that it's just because they're a competitor doesn't hold water.
  The steep drop in opinion that you see in those polls is only really explainable as, like I said, the product of a massively successful propaganda campaign, the reasons for which I stated, to distract from the horrible mishandling of COVID in the US and to justify defense spending.

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