China has refused to join the chorus of Western countries condemning Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, which came just after Beijing declared "unlimited friendship" with the Kremlin. However, Beijing said it was "not a party" to the war as it sought to dodge the fallout of the invasion in March.
Professor Tsang, who heads up SOAS, University of London's China Institute, told Express.co.uk that the Ukraine war has not "fundamentally changed the relationship" between Western countries and Beijing, partly because "there never really was much love, from the Chinese side, anyway".
He added that the Chinese president "still" held "no love" for the likes of the UK and the US, and he firmly holds on to the idea that Beijing always "needs to be prepared and pre-empt".
However, the Chinese government does fear the ramifications of Western sanctions leveled at Moscow over the war,...
English (US) ·