As the Chinese regime feels growing heat over its refusal to take a stand against Russia’s invasion, it is turning back to its old tactic: blaming the West. Moscow’s continued assault on Ukraine has precipitated a worsening humanitarian crisis and given rise to allegations of war crimes, yet the Chinese regime has continually chosen to direct its ire at the United States, rather than Russia. In the words of Chinese diplomats, Western sanctions on Russia are baseless, the United States has been profiting off 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 regular press briefing. Beijing, according to Zhao, has been a scapegoat during the affair, and the United States the …
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