China's Allegiance In Russia's War on Ukraine
Heritage Explains
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4.7 • 847 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
It was recently released that the Biden administration essentially begged China to try and sway Putin to not invade Ukraine. But this posture ignores the growing array of ties between Beijing and Moscow. To imagine that China would wish to support the U.S. against Russia is to imagine a shared set of interests between the U.S. and Beijing that does not exist. On this episode, Heritage expert Dean Cheng explains the details of this complicated maneuver, and why given the even greater economic and military ties that now link Moscow and Beijing, Washington needs to reprioritize strengthening the United States itself.
Show Notes:
China, Russia, and Ukraine: It’s Folly to Think Beijing Will Work With West
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| 0:00.0 | From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains. |
| 0:19.9 | This is Heritage Explains. |
| 0:35.5 | Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:38.7 | It's barbaric. |
| 0:48.8 | We are seeing in real time, real consequences for real people, because of Vladimir Putin's decision. |
| 0:52.4 | It's hell. |
| 1:03.0 | And while it's important to continue to be vigilant about the devastating consequences of this aspect of war, we wanted to dedicate this episode to another important aspect. |
| 1:08.0 | You guessed it. China. As most of the world has come together to condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine, China has refused |
| 1:16.9 | to call it an invasion. In a news conference earlier today, China's foreign minister blamed |
| 1:22.1 | NATO for pushing Russia-Ukraine tension to a breaking point. |
| 1:26.0 | Thanks to Biden's policies, Russia and China now form a block against the United States. |
| 1:32.6 | This was the nightmare scenario. Now it's real. Just today, the Chinese foreign minister |
| 1:37.2 | described Vladimir Putin as China's, quote, most important strategic partner. |
| 1:53.1 | It was recently reported that U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, turned to Beijing for help, supplying them with U.S. intelligence, and he beseeched them to ask Russia to stand |
| 2:00.7 | down and not invade Ukraine. |
| 2:03.6 | Uh-huh. Yeah. |
| 2:07.6 | Now, there's a lot to be concerned about there. |
| 2:11.6 | But perhaps the main question we should ask is what would make the Biden administration think China would choose to help us |
| 2:18.6 | over Russia? Did you know that Russia in China's trade is currently around $150 billion per year, |
| 2:29.2 | and they have an agreement to grow that number to $250 billion by 2024. |
| 2:37.0 | China also buys a significant amount of oil, you know, the lifeblood of their economy, from Russia. |
| 2:45.0 | Did you also know that Russia and China have for years been engaging in joint military exercises and support each |
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