China’s decisive turning point: will it side with Russia and divide the world?
by Julian Borger World affairs editor, in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#5X83E)
Analysis: the world faces the possibility of a dramatic shift in the geopolitical balance of power as Beijing mulls support for Russia over the Ukraine war
Joe Biden is due to make a phone call to Xi Jinping on Friday at a potential tipping point in China's role in the world as it decides how far to go in backing Russia's war on Ukraine.
While China has abstained on United Nations security council resolutions on the invasion, it has sided with Moscow rhetorically, echoing Russian talking points blaming Nato, and recycling conspiracy theories, and the Biden administration believes it has already decided to bail Russia out economically.
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