Beijing's peace overture suggests an attempt to repair ties with some Western countries, particularly in Europe, rather than a major policy shift.
BEIJING, China – China’s effort to cast itself as a peacemaker on Ukraine reflects an aim to burnish its image rather than a change of stance, Western diplomats and analysts said, as it seeks to establish itself as a leader of a new multipolar world order.
Beijing’s peace overture suggests an attempt to repair ties with some Western countries, particularly in Europe, rather than a major policy shift, European diplomats said, while staking out the rhetorical high ground is an effort to challenge the US-led world order. “It’s difficult to imagine China taking actual action to mediate between Russia and Ukraine any time soon … this is China’s small posture change, not any substantive policy adjustment on the war,” he said.
Since the war began weeks after Beijing and Moscow announced a “no limits” partnership, Xi has spoken regularly with Putin but not once with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.Still, China is unlikely to provide Russia with military aid any time soon, at least not overtly, experts and diplomats said.
Experts and several Western diplomats said the initiative looked like a further effort by China to position itself as a peace-seeking nation while establishing an alternative global framework to the one dominated by the United States.
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