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(Bloomberg) — Below is the complete transcript of the live blog event “China Warns Against Indo-Pacific NATO: Q&A”, it has blog entries in the order they were…

Elderly Dai woman. Photo: ICRAF

‘No wavering’: after turning to Putin, Xi faces hard wartime choices for China

Beijing aligned itself with Putin as Russia prepared to invade Ukraine. Now its efforts to edge away are constrained by leadership politics.

The unexpectedly heavy sanctions have exposed vulnerabilities for Russia that China would want to mitigate before becoming the target of any such measures.

Under President Xi Jinping, China has pushed for self-reliance in key areas of technology and the payments needed to settle trade to minimise its vulnerability to economic pressure over flashpoints, from trade policy to Taiwan. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the tough global response, including curtailment of access to the SWIFT payments system and a ...

Under President Xi Jinping, China has pushed for self-reliance in key areas of technology and the payments needed to settle trade to minimise its vulnerability to economic pressure over flashpoints, from trade policy to Taiwan. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the tough global response, including curtailment of access to the SWIFT payments system and a freezing of Russian

A day before the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, India announced a last-minute diplomatic boycott.

China is also avoiding direct criticism of Russia to steer clear of upsetting an erratic partner, which happens to be useful at the moment in diverting Western attention away from Asia.

As Russia pushes into Ukraine and President Biden marshals the global response, the elephant standing in the shadows is China.