\n
SINGAPORE: China\u2019s President Xi Jinping trod carefully around Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine during talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Sep 15), in a delicate balancing act that analysts said was not easy for Beijing to pull off.<\/p>\n
“How do you simultaneously balance a deepening embrace of China when that very embrace is further undermining your relationships with the West? It’s not an easy balancing act for Beijing to pull off,” political observer\u00a0Ali Wyne told CNA\u2019s Asia First on Friday, a day after the two leaders spoke.<\/p>\n
China recognises that while a tighter embrace of Russia is necessary to offset pressures from advanced industrial democracies, in the long term, relationships in the West are going to be far more consequential than its relationship with Russia, noted Mr Wyne,\u00a0a senior analyst from Eurasia Group’s global macro-geopolitics practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that Putin publicly conceded, in a forum that is being watched around the world, that Xi has questions and concerns about the war, sends an important signal about China\u2019s concerns about the long-term consequences of the war,\u201d said Mr Wyne. <\/strong><\/p>\nMr Putin surprised analysts in his opening remarks when he acknowledged that China had questions and concerns about the situation in Ukraine, during a meeting held on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n
Mr Wyne, whose work focuses on US-China relations, said that the mood had \u201csobered somewhat\u201d compared to back in February when Beijing and Moscow announced a \u201cno limits\u201d partnership to counter US influence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that what we’re seeing is that the relationship indeed has limits,\u201d said Mr Wyne.<\/p>\n
THE BALANCING ACT<\/strong><\/h2>\nStill, China doesn’t want to be seen by the Russians as not supportive of them even as it tries not to generate more problems with the West than it already has now,\u00a0said Dr Benjamin Ho, assistant professor of the China Programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I think issues such as Ukraine, Taiwan and NATO expansion \u2026 will mostly be in broad strokes and not in specific details. I don’t think that Xi or Putin will be revealing all their cards to one another,\u201d Dr Ho told CNA938\u2019s Asia First.<\/p>\n
Dr Ho said China has two key messages to convey to Moscow over the course of the summit.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst, whatever happens in Ukraine, or to Ukraine, is Russia’s responsibility, and that it should be contained within Russia and not spill over to China,\u201d said Dr Ho. \u201cThe second is that China sees Moscow as a strategic partner with whom to forge a world order, that is presumably more just than what we\u2019ve seen with the existing American-led liberal order.\u201d<\/p>\n
China has refrained from calling Russia’s operation against Ukraine an “invasion” and in return, Russia has praised China for what it calls a \u201cbalanced\u201d position on the conflict.<\/p>\n
Mr Wyne said China is cautiously managing a number of competing objectives – its relationship with Russia, its relationship with the West, as well as committing to upholding sovereignty and territorial integrity.<\/p>\n
\u201cChina\u2019s policy trilemma is that it\u2019s very difficult to sustain all three of those trajectories simultaneously,\u201d said Mr Wyne.<\/p>\n
Analysts said that a prolonged war in Ukraine contributing to growing disruptions to energy and food markets does not advance China\u2019s national interests.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that most signs are that China, at least publicly<\/span><\/span>, is not wanting to condemn Russia, but privately we can imagine that China is saying to Russia, look, this war is hurting you. It’s hurting us. It’s hurting our relationship. And so let’s see if we can push for a diplomatic resolution,\u201d said Mr Wyne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: China\u2019s President Xi Jinping trod carefully around Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine during talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Sep 15), in a delicate balancing act that analysts said was not easy for Beijing to pull off. “How do you simultaneously balance a deepening embrace of China when that very embrace is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,6,44],"tags":[41,391,233,370,61,108,107],"yoast_head":"\n
China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts - Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts - Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[ad_1] SINGAPORE: China\u2019s President Xi Jinping trod carefully around Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine during talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Sep 15), in a delicate balancing act that analysts said was not easy for Beijing to pull off. “How do you simultaneously balance a deepening embrace of China when that very embrace is […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alex John\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alex John\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alex John\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/54b91a0926cd49743d0b29a2efa4a1d9\"},\"headline\":\"China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/\"},\"wordCount\":623,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"China\",\"Indo-Pacific\",\"Russia\",\"Ukraine\",\"United States\",\"Vladimir Putin\",\"Xi Jinping\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Asia\",\"News\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/\",\"name\":\"China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts - Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/\",\"name\":\"Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-cropped-A-2-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-cropped-A-2-1.png\",\"width\":462,\"height\":129,\"caption\":\"Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/54b91a0926cd49743d0b29a2efa4a1d9\",\"name\":\"Alex John\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ce975f5741e29468ecdbee6c8b181a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ce975f5741e29468ecdbee6c8b181a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alex John\"},\"description\":\"Hi, I am Alex John, A blogger and online marketer at AsiaPosts.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/author\/amit\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts - Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts - Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World","og_description":"[ad_1] SINGAPORE: China\u2019s President Xi Jinping trod carefully around Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine during talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Sep 15), in a delicate balancing act that analysts said was not easy for Beijing to pull off. “How do you simultaneously balance a deepening embrace of China when that very embrace is […]","og_url":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/","og_site_name":"Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World","article_published_time":"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00","author":"Alex John","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alex John","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/"},"author":{"name":"Alex John","@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/54b91a0926cd49743d0b29a2efa4a1d9"},"headline":"China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts","datePublished":"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/"},"wordCount":623,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["China","Indo-Pacific","Russia","Ukraine","United States","Vladimir Putin","Xi Jinping"],"articleSection":["Asia","News","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/","url":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/","name":"China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts - Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-16T07:24:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/china-treads-carefully-in-balancing-act-between-russia-and-west-analysts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"China treads carefully in balancing act between Russia and West: Analysts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/","name":"Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#organization","name":"Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World","url":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-cropped-A-2-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-cropped-A-2-1.png","width":462,"height":129,"caption":"Asia Posts- Trending Post Of the World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/54b91a0926cd49743d0b29a2efa4a1d9","name":"Alex John","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ce975f5741e29468ecdbee6c8b181a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ce975f5741e29468ecdbee6c8b181a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alex John"},"description":"Hi, I am Alex John, A blogger and online marketer at AsiaPosts.com.","sameAs":["https:\/\/asiaposts.com"],"url":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/author\/amit\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}