What Does China’s Cooperation with Russia Mean for War in Ukraine?

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🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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China has refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite requests from Western nations, and it has criticized sanctions against Russia. “China-Russia cooperation has no limits,” a Chinese government spokesman said Wednesday as Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov visited China for the first time since the Ukraine War began. What will that cooperation look like as the war continues? Will it include Chinese military aid or assistance circumventing sanctions? And how does the relationship between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin, a relationship believed to be close, impact policy? We’ll talk to experts on Chinese foreign policy to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:28.9	Among the bilateral relationships of the world's countries, none are as economically important as the United States and China.
1:31.6	Hundreds of billions of dollars flow between the two nations.
1:34.4	But in recent years, China has been strengthening its relationship with Russia, issuing a
1:38.6	new joint statement declaring a friendship without limits in February.
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