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This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, talks about the ambivalent role of China in the war in Ukraine. Emphasizing the unique economic and diplomatic challenges that China faces, Shea wonders if President Xi Jinping and Putin are really as close as was claimed in their joint statement at the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics. What was branded as a partnership with “no limits” might in fact be an asymmetrical relationship where China sees in Russia a spoiler and a distraction for the West.
0:00 Introduction
China's motives
3:57 Motive #1 - Border stability
4:33 Motive #2 - Russian goods
4:51 Motive #3 - Spoiler effect
Beijing-Moscow differences
5:32 Difference #1 - Western relations
6:41 Difference #2 - Western unity
What should Allies do?
7:57 Recommendation #1 - Unity
8:14 Recommendation #2 - Support Taiwan
8:45 Recommendation #3 - Spotlight China
9:20 Conclusion
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