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20-04-2022, 09:47 PM
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/157...st-news-vn
Xi Jinping feels "misled" by Vladimir Putin after the Russian President had promised the Chinese leader a "quick, effective and efficient" takeover in Ukraine. China's potential break with Russia could be the ultimate blow for President Putin. The war waged by Russia in Ukraine has entered its 11th day as Russian forces continue to come up against fierce Ukrainian resistance.
Speaking to GB News, Steve Tsang, the director of the SOAS China Institute, said that the Chinese leader's relationship with his Russian counterpart is increasingly "strained".
He said: "The Chinese Government is staying quiet because Xi Jinping was misled when Putin was in China.
"He was under the assumption that whatever Putin was going to do would happen after the Olympics - which was true - but also that it would not impact China's interest in Ukraine.
"This implied that whatever Russia wanted to do would have to be very quick, very effective and very efficient."
Xi Jinping feels "misled" by Vladimir Putin after the Russian President had promised the Chinese leader a "quick, effective and efficient" takeover in Ukraine. China's potential break with Russia could be the ultimate blow for President Putin. The war waged by Russia in Ukraine has entered its 11th day as Russian forces continue to come up against fierce Ukrainian resistance.
Speaking to GB News, Steve Tsang, the director of the SOAS China Institute, said that the Chinese leader's relationship with his Russian counterpart is increasingly "strained".
He said: "The Chinese Government is staying quiet because Xi Jinping was misled when Putin was in China.
"He was under the assumption that whatever Putin was going to do would happen after the Olympics - which was true - but also that it would not impact China's interest in Ukraine.
"This implied that whatever Russia wanted to do would have to be very quick, very effective and very efficient."
