China has assumed a more active peacemaking role in the Russia-Ukraine war, but primarily as a means to improve its troubled relationship with Europe, writes Ivan Lidarev (King’s College London).
Hardly two months after the Panchsheel Agreement was signed, India discovered that all problems had not been solved. The first Chinese incursion took place in Barahoti in June 1954. This was followed by a series of intrusions numbering in the hundreds
Increasingly paranoid about dominating its Asia-Pacific neighbors, China is again unleashing its "wolf warrior" diplomatic strategy. Centered on aggressive rebuttals of what Beijing regards as affronts to its core interests, the wolf warrior strategy has been relatively dormant over the past 18 months. Chinese leader Xi Jinping appeared to recognize that it was doing more harm than good.
China’s expansion of the SCO and its recent exercising of its diplomatic muscle is all in support of its objective to be regarded as a world power and to prepare its alliances for China’s stated strategic aim of reunification with Taiwan
Pentagon officials hint that the leaked documents are real and on the other hand both belligerent parties (Ukraine and Russia) allege that the story is a complete fabrication.