Beijing is “picking a side” and can’t claim to be neutral any more, the US ambassador to NATO tells POLITICO.

China is helping Russia meet its war goals in Ukraine by continuing to sell supplies such as drone technology and gunpowder ingredients to Moscow, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO said in an interview.

“The PRC [People’s Republic of China] cannot claim to be entirely neutral in this case, [and] they are in fact picking a side,” Julianne Smith told POLITICO on Tuesday. “I think when the PRC tries to portray itself as neutral, when it comes to this war, we don’t buy it.”

Smith said the United States was “increasingly seeing materiel support” from China to Russia, adding that this equipment — which can have both civilian and military uses — had played a critical role in helping Moscow achieve some of its aims against Ukraine.

  • @AnAnonymous@lemm.ee
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    -447 months ago

    What’s bad about China picking a side? Ukrainians are fighting with US weapons… what Americans expect China to do? China it’s a communist country what y’all expect them to do? Y’all expect the US to finance both wars WO consequences?

    • @HerrVorragend@lemmy.world
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      467 months ago

      One side clearly is the aggressor here. To pick their side is not a good look and makes other countries question China’s intentions.

    • @boredtortoise@lemm.ee
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      107 months ago

      China isn’t communist. China, Russia, USA et al integrated fascism as their system and now fight each other for power. This is just one alignment

    • xor
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      87 months ago

      The difference is that China claims to be neutral, whereas the US explicitly supports Ukraine