China has refused to condemn Russia’s attack of Ukraine, insisting it is not an invasion, standing by its biggest alley without condoning its actions of unprovoked aggression on a sovereign nation. But its diplomatic ambiguity is forcing it to straddle an awkward line between Russia and the West. Like it or not, China’s Xi Jingping has become an unwilling mediator between Russian’s Valdimir Putin and the West, putting Xi in an exclusive position to speak some sense to an increasingly isolated Putin, whom Western media has described as “unhinged.” It’s a role he certainly didn’t expect and didn’t sign up […]
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