China blames US, NATO for instigating war on Ukraine; rejects sanctions

[beijingwalker]

China blames US, NATO for instigating war on Ukraine; rejects sanctions​

China says it is not taking sides in the conflict but it has declared a “no limits” partnership with Russia and refuses to condemn the invasion.​

Reported by: AP
BeijingPublished on: April 01, 2022 18:48 IST

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak via video-conference with European Council President Charles Michel, and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell during an EU China summit at the European Council building in Brussels

China on Friday renewed its criticism of Western sanctions against Russia, as top European Union officials sought assurances from Beijing that it would not help Moscow circumvent the economic measures imposed in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry also laid blame for the war in Ukraine at least partially on the United States for pushing to expand the NATO military alliance closer to Russia's borders. Twenty-one of the EU's 27 countries are also NATO member states.

At a virtual summit, European Council President Charles Michel, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell were seeking signs from Chinese President and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing would help to end the war.

“China disapproves of solving problems through sanctions, and we are even more opposed to unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction that have no basis in international law,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily briefing as they met.

Zhao said when it came to Ukraine, Beijing would not be forced to “choose a side or adopt a simplistic friend-or-foe approach. We should, in particular, resist the Cold War thinking and bloc confrontation”.

“As the culprit and leading instigator of the Ukraine crisis, the US has led NATO to engage in five rounds of eastward expansion in the last two decades after 1999," he said, adding that NATO membership almost doubled from 16 to 30 countries, and pushed "Russia to the wall step by step”.

China says it is not taking sides in the conflict but it has declared a “no limits” partnership with Russia and refuses to condemn the invasion. Beijing routinely amplifies Russian disinformation about the conflict, and does not refer to it as an invasion or a war in keeping with Russian practice.

Prior to the summit, EU officials said they would look for signs Beijing is willing to cooperate on bringing an end to the war. The meeting takes place amid rising negative sentiment within the bloc fuelled by China's aggressive foreign policies and trade practices.

Underlying the EU's expectations for China is the possibility of penalties against Chinese companies that undermine measures taken against Russia. EU officials point out that 13.7% of China's total trade is done with the 27-nation bloc, and 12% with the United States, compared with just 2.4% with Russia.

Officials said they also wish to emphasise the impact the war is having on the availability of fertiliser and global energy and food prices, which are hitting the poorest countries in Africa and the Middle East hardest.

Other topics include China's travel ban on members of the European Parliament; Beijing's economic boycott of EU member Lithuania over its Taiwan relations; the fate of a stalled investment agreement; and civil and political rights under China's authoritarian Communist Party regime.

Beijing has dismissed European criticisms as biased and driven by an anti-China agenda being pursued by its chief global rival, the United States.

Beijing also sanctioned some European Union lawmakers last year after the EU, Britain, Canada and the United States launched coordinated sanctions against officials in China over human rights abuses in the far western Xinjiang region.

The European Parliament responded by saying it will not ratify a long-awaited business investment deal as long as the sanctions remain in place.

Rights groups have also urged the EU to take a more assertive stand with China over repression in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong and elsewhere and the persecution of Chinese dissidents including Sakharov Prize winner Ilham Tohti and Chinese-Swedish publisher Gui Minhai.

China blames US, NATO for instigating war on Ukraine; rejects sanctions

China says it is not taking sides in the conflict but it has declared a “no limits” partnership with Russia and refuses to condemn the invasion.

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[truthseeker2010]

So now what EU and US will sanction China? Cut trade with China? Or accuse china of helping russia in invasion on ukraine?

 

[beijingwalker]

So now what EU and US will sanction China? Cut trade with China? Or accuse china of helping russia in invasion on ukraine?

They'd already shot their own feet so now I guess they will go for their own arms this time.

 

[_Nabil_]

Nice move from China , time for the dragon to show some strength

 

[truthseeker2010]

They'd already shot their own feet so now I guess they will go for their own arms this time.

Wtf is going on in the minds of EU and US is beyond me. Maybe they are not just ready to accept bipolar world. But with each passing day they are fast tracking their own decline.

 

[beijingwalker]

EU, China Clash Over Ukraine Conflict​

Published: April 1, 2022 at 10:11 a.m. ET

By Laurence Norman in Berlin and Lingling Wei in New York

European Union and Chinese leaders clashed over the conflict in Ukraine in a video-call summit, where Europe pressed Beijing to work actively to end the war and not to support Russia economically or militarily.

European officials had set up Friday's summit--the first since 2020--as a key moment in the bloc's relationship with China, warning that Beijing's refusal to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the possibility of active support from China to Russia could create lasting damage to bilateral ties.

After a two-hour conversation with China's Premier Li Keqiang and a video call of less than one hour with President Xi Jinping, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Beijing had offered no assurances to Brussels about its stance in the war.

"Frank and open means that we exchanged very clearly opposing views," she said in a press conference in Brussels. "China has an influence on Russia. And therefore we expect China to take its responsibility to end this war" and push Russia toward a peaceful solution, she said.

Ms. von der Leyen warned that China would suffer "major reputational damage" among the European public and business community if it stayed on the fence or sided with Moscow over Ukraine, saying that "equidistance is not enough."

China's official Xinhua News Agency issued a summary of the virtual meeting between Mr. Xi and the EU leaders even though they were still on call, as Beijing increases its effort to shape the narrative at a time of mounting questions about its stance on Russia during the invasion of Ukraine.

During the meeting, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua, Mr. Xi underscored the need for China and the EU to increase communication on their relations and on major issues including the Ukraine crisis, saying both sides should "play a constructive role in adding stabilizing factors to a turbulent world."

The Chinese leader also urged the EU to "form its own perception of China, adopt an independent China policy, and work with China for the steady and sustained growth of China-EU relations."

Those remarks reflected growing concerns among Chinese leadership that Europe is following the U.S. in adopting an increasingly hardened policy toward China. With its relations with Washington shakier than in decades, Beijing is trying to salvage its ties with Brussels in a bid to keep the bloc as a buffer against heightened competition with the U.S.

EU, China Clash Over Ukraine Conflict

By Laurence Norman in Berlin and Lingling Wei in New York European Union and Chinese leaders clashed over the conflict in Ukraine in a video-call summit,...

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[tower9]

Wtf is going on in the minds of EU and US is beyond me. Maybe they are not just ready to accept bipolar world. But with each passing day they are fast tracking their own decline.

The western elites really don’t know what the hell they are doing. It’s frightening what the future holds.

 

[beijingwalker]

China Blames U S , NATO for Ukraine War​

 

[Viet]

China blames US, NATO for instigating war on Ukraine; rejects sanctions​

China says it is not taking sides in the conflict but it has declared a “no limits” partnership with Russia and refuses to condemn the invasion.​

Reported by: AP
BeijingPublished on: April 01, 2022 18:48 IST

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak via video-conference with European Council President Charles Michel, and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell during an EU China summit at the European Council building in Brussels

China on Friday renewed its criticism of Western sanctions against Russia, as top European Union officials sought assurances from Beijing that it would not help Moscow circumvent the economic measures imposed in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry also laid blame for the war in Ukraine at least partially on the United States for pushing to expand the NATO military alliance closer to Russia's borders. Twenty-one of the EU's 27 countries are also NATO member states.

At a virtual summit, European Council President Charles Michel, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell were seeking signs from Chinese President and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing would help to end the war.

“China disapproves of solving problems through sanctions, and we are even more opposed to unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction that have no basis in international law,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily briefing as they met.

Zhao said when it came to Ukraine, Beijing would not be forced to “choose a side or adopt a simplistic friend-or-foe approach. We should, in particular, resist the Cold War thinking and bloc confrontation”.

“As the culprit and leading instigator of the Ukraine crisis, the US has led NATO to engage in five rounds of eastward expansion in the last two decades after 1999," he said, adding that NATO membership almost doubled from 16 to 30 countries, and pushed "Russia to the wall step by step”.

China says it is not taking sides in the conflict but it has declared a “no limits” partnership with Russia and refuses to condemn the invasion. Beijing routinely amplifies Russian disinformation about the conflict, and does not refer to it as an invasion or a war in keeping with Russian practice.

Prior to the summit, EU officials said they would look for signs Beijing is willing to cooperate on bringing an end to the war. The meeting takes place amid rising negative sentiment within the bloc fuelled by China's aggressive foreign policies and trade practices.

Underlying the EU's expectations for China is the possibility of penalties against Chinese companies that undermine measures taken against Russia. EU officials point out that 13.7% of China's total trade is done with the 27-nation bloc, and 12% with the United States, compared with just 2.4% with Russia.

Officials said they also wish to emphasise the impact the war is having on the availability of fertiliser and global energy and food prices, which are hitting the poorest countries in Africa and the Middle East hardest.

Other topics include China's travel ban on members of the European Parliament; Beijing's economic boycott of EU member Lithuania over its Taiwan relations; the fate of a stalled investment agreement; and civil and political rights under China's authoritarian Communist Party regime.

Beijing has dismissed European criticisms as biased and driven by an anti-China agenda being pursued by its chief global rival, the United States.

Beijing also sanctioned some European Union lawmakers last year after the EU, Britain, Canada and the United States launched coordinated sanctions against officials in China over human rights abuses in the far western Xinjiang region.

The European Parliament responded by saying it will not ratify a long-awaited business investment deal as long as the sanctions remain in place.

Rights groups have also urged the EU to take a more assertive stand with China over repression in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong and elsewhere and the persecution of Chinese dissidents including Sakharov Prize winner Ilham Tohti and Chinese-Swedish publisher Gui Minhai.

China blames US, NATO for instigating war on Ukraine; rejects sanctions

China says it is not taking sides in the conflict but it has declared a “no limits” partnership with Russia and refuses to condemn the invasion.

www.indiatvnews.com

Maybe it’s just me.
Most of chinese friends have oil.
Venezuela, Russia, Burma.
If we in Vietnam have oil, we will be in China friends club.

 

[jaybird]

Maybe it’s just me.
Most of chinese friends have oil.
Venezuela, Russia, Burma.
If we in Vietnam have oil, we will be in China friends club.

No, we love Viets more than friends oil or no oil for thousands of years.

 

[tower9]

Maybe it’s just me.
Most of chinese friends have oil.
Venezuela, Russia, Burma.
If we in Vietnam have oil, we will be in China friends club.

Vietnam isn't a friend. You guys are like a brother actually. Just like Korea. Like petulant, obnoxious, rebellious little brothers.

 

[gambit]

The EU acted against Russia. Will China come to Russia's aid?

 

[kankan326]

EU countries are US vassals. Only vassal countries serve master interest at cost of their own interest.

Maybe it’s just me.
Most of chinese friends have oil.
Venezuela, Russia, Burma.
If we in Vietnam have oil, we will be in China friends club.

They became China's friends negatively. They have same enemy who is the real trouble maker.

 

[Viet]

The EU acted against Russia. Will China come to Russia's aid?

Anti Chinese sentiment is rising in the EU.

The chinese play with fire.

Xi Jingping, Wang Yi and Ccp clowns believe to Putin’s narratives.

 

[beijingwalker]

China Calls U.S. 'Leading Instigator' of Russia, Ukraine Conflict​

BY MATTHEW IMPELLI ON 4/1/22 AT 4:28 PM EDT

China called the U.S. the "leading instigator" of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine on Friday.

During a daily press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said, "As the culprit and the leading instigator of the Ukraine crisis, the US has led NATOin pursuing five rounds of eastward expansions in the next two decades or so since 1999."

"NATO's membership has increased from 16 to 30 countries and the organization moved over 1000 kilometers eastward to somewhere near Russia's borders, pushing the latter to the wall," Zhao added.

The comments by Zhao come as war has continued to rage in Ukraine after Russian military forces invaded the neighboring nation last month.

Amid the ongoing fighting between the two, the U.S. and Western nations involved in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have continued to condemn Russia, imposing sanctions on a number of different aspects of the Russian economy.

While the U.S. and NATO members have condemned Russia and President Vladimir Putin, China has yet to take a concrete side on the issues, calling for peace between the two nations.

During a press conference last month, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, "China should join the rest of the world condemning strongly the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia."

"We are closely monitoring any signs of support from China to Russia," Stoltenberg added.

Stoltenberg's comments were criticized by the Chinese state-run media outlet, the Global Times.

In addition to calling the U.S. the "instigator" in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Zhao said on Friday that "NATO should have been disbanded after the collapse of the former Soviet Union."

Zhao also criticized the sanctions the U.S. and other Western nations have levied against Russia, saying "China always opposes unilateral sanctions."

"As for the Ukraine issue, I want to reiterate that China is committed to an independent foreign policy of peace," Zhao added.

This is not the first time the Chinese Foreign Ministry has referred to the U.S. as "instigators" of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

On March 3, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin referenced a tweetfrom former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who wrote, "this war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/NATO had simply acknowledged Russia's legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine's becoming a member of NATO, which would mean US/NATO forces right on Russia's border."

During the press conference on March 3, Wang said, "Tulsi Gabbard, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives said that the crisis could have been ended and the war avoided if President Biden had simply guaranteed NATO would not accept Ukraine as a member. But they chose not to do so."

Wang continued, "We hope the instigators of this crisis will reflect on their role in the Ukraine crisis, earnestly shoulder due responsibilities and take concrete actions to de-escalate the situation and solve the problem, instead of blaming others."

Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the White House and the U.S. State Department for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.

China Calls U.S. 'Leading Instigator' of Russia, Ukraine Conflict

"NATO should have been disbanded after the collapse of the former Soviet Union," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Friday.

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