Is Russia's war good or bad for China?
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The Times
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🗓️ 17 March 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
This week, in a further sign that the Russian military could be in trouble, it was revealed that the Kremlin asked China for military aid. But will Beijing want to wade into this war? And have Vladimir Putin's actions frustrated Xi Jiping?
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| 0:00.0 | This week, in a further sign that the Russian military could be in trouble, it was revealed |
| 0:13.4 | the Kremlin asked China for military aid. |
| 0:18.6 | But Will Beijing want to wait into this war. |
| 0:22.2 | The fear before the war in your crank, there were a lot of fears, you know, if there should |
| 0:26.4 | be war, there could be a war between China and the US. |
| 0:29.4 | And I think that's something we need to be worried about. |
| 0:32.8 | We also don't really like this sort of bellicose imperialist approach to the neighbours, |
| 0:37.8 | although China likes leaning on its neighbours. |
| 0:40.5 | They're pretty sensitive to the idea of territorial integrity. |
| 0:43.6 | The US has warned China not to help Russia, but at the same time, there is a role they |
| 0:50.0 | would like President Xi to play. |
| 0:52.8 | Right now, there's only one man Vladimir Putin will listen to. |
| 0:57.2 | What about the prospect of China trying to exert some kind of pressure on Russia? |
| 1:03.9 | Of all the people in the world that can assert influence on Vladimir Putin, who is in his |
| 1:09.8 | bunker and who is obsessed by achieving greatness through the restoration of the Russian |
| 1:15.7 | Empire, of all the people in the world who can talk since him it's Xi. |
| 1:21.4 | Will this be the moment that China becomes the peacekeeper for Europe? |
| 1:26.3 | Where are we on the brink of World War Three? |
| 1:31.0 | You're listening to stories of our times from the times and the Sunday times. |
| 1:35.3 | I'm Manvin Rana, today. |
| 1:38.4 | Will China aid Russia's war? |
| 1:46.2 | My name's DD Tom, and I'm the Beijing-based correspondent for the Times of London, and |
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