{"id":416618,"date":"2022-03-16T01:09:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T22:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-wont-let-putin-lose-his-ugly-ukraine-war\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T01:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T22:09:18","slug":"china-wont-let-putin-lose-his-ugly-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-wont-let-putin-lose-his-ugly-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"#China won&#8217;t let Putin lose his ugly Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bc16d25934\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bc16d25934\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-wont-let-putin-lose-his-ugly-ukraine-war\/#%E2%80%9CChina_wont_let_Putin_lose_his_ugly_Ukraine_war%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;China won&#8217;t let Putin lose his ugly Ukraine war&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CChina_wont_let_Putin_lose_his_ugly_Ukraine_war%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;China won&#8217;t let Putin lose his ugly Ukraine war&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Who needs enemies when you have friends like Vladimir Putin?<\/p>\n<p>This is what Xi Jinping must be thinking just six weeks after the two announced a \u201cno limits\u201d friendship to make the world safe for autocracies by taking on America and the other democracies, weakening Washington\u2019s alliances in Europe and Asia and overturning the primacy of liberal democratic norms in place since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, the Russian president requested military assistance from his Chinese counterpart to fight a war when much of the world is uniting against him. The cascading sanctions could soon begin to affect Chinese companies doing business with Russian entities.<\/p>\n<p>If Xi makes good on his earlier promises to support Putin, China will find itself joining the club of pariah nations that includes Russia, North Korea, Syria and Iran. If Xi turns his back on Putin in this time of need, his word can no longer be believed while his country will not regain the trust of the West. In short, Xi has seriously miscalculated.<\/p>\n<p>Where does China go from here?<\/p>\n<p>Under Xi, Beijing cannot reverse course. He is a genuine ideologue in the mold of Mao Zedong who sees the Chinese Communist Party as being in permanent conflict with liberal democracies. Xi Jinping Thought, officially included in the party\u2019s constitution in 2018, promises a \u201ctireless struggle\u201d against alternative systems. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/xi-jinping-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Xi will not allow Putin to lose the war in Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-21538191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/xi-jinping-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/xi-jinping-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/xi-jinping-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Xi will not allow Putin to lose the war in Ukraine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Shuji Kajiyama<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Xi has made clear that his intention is to take Taiwan, replace American pre-eminence in Asia and establish China as the uncontested leader in the Indo-Pacific before emerging as the leading global power. As with Russia, the Chinese plan is to demand a formal sphere of influence over its neighbors, which means shaping and even vetoing their domestic and foreign-policy decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Having put more than 1.5 million party officials, including many of his rivals, in jail under a so-called anti-corruption drive, his political and possibly personal survival depends on him producing what he is promising. Bear in mind that the National People\u2019s Congress just removed the two-term limit on the presidency, which effectively opens the way for Xi to remain leader for life \u2014 provided he can deliver. That doesn\u2019t leave much room for compromise or genuine cooperation with America or the West.<\/p>\n<p>Xi, moreover, cannot tolerate an embarrassing Russian retreat. That would only energize the West by showing that it is possible to stand up to dictators and prevail. The Taiwanese people would take heart, as would those in other Asian states. If that occurred, Xi\u2019s plans to gradually impose a Sino-centric order in the Indo-Pacific will meet even more resistance.<\/p>\n<p>This means Xi will try to offer just enough economic and military assistance to prevent Russian humiliation, but seek to do so quietly and even surreptitiously. This means walking back his \u201cno limits\u201d friendship in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance but not substance. <\/p>\n<p>China is playing a longer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> and still needs capital, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, know-how and access to Western markets to eventually surpass the United States. For this reason, Xi will try to convince the world he is vastly different from Putin even if both loathe democracy, seek the end of America\u2019s alliances and resort to coercion to rewrite borders and rules in their favor.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>If America can\u2019t change who is in power in Moscow and Beijing, it can prepare better for what is to come. In an observation attributed to Vladimir Lenin, there are decades where nothing happens; and then there are weeks where decades happen. Putin\u2019s violence has brought us to that time when developments that might have taken decades are playing out in a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is a declining power and China a still-rising one. This explains Putin\u2019s rashness and impatience on the one hand and Xi\u2019s caution and uncharacteristic indecisiveness regarding how to respond to the Ukraine crisis on the other.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, current events should invigorate democracy\u2019s sense of fight and mission. China will come with force and in numbers if it ever thinks it can succeed \u2014 whether it be in Taiwan or another disputed territory. What we do now and then after the Ukraine crisis will determine whether the democracies are truly in decline as Xi believes or if it is the latter who must rethink his mission and China\u2019s place in history.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Lee is a non-resident senior fellow at Hudson Institute. From 2016-2018, he was senior national-security adviser to the Australian foreign minister.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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