As the Chinese regime feels growing heat over its refusal to take a stand against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Beijing is blaming the West for the invasion. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has precipitated a worsening humanitarian crisis and given rise to allegations of war crimes, but the Chinese regime has placed blame for the conflict on the United States and its Western allies rather than Russia. According to Chinese diplomats, the Western sanctions on Russia are baseless, the United States has been profiting off of the Ukraine crisis, and the West has been responsible for hyping the Ukraine–Russia tensions to where it is today. “The moves by the U.S.-led NATO have pushed the Russia–Ukraine tension to the breaking point,” Zhao Lijian, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, said at a March 9 press briefing. Beijing has been a scapegoat during the affair, and the United States is the chief culprit …
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