Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised a "no limits" friendship with Russia. Beijing has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. What are China's red lines in the conflict?

Global Eyes, DW's new take on security policy, looks at China's recent efforts to mediate. Xi Jinping may have vowed "no limits" with Russia but he also dispatched a special envoy to Kyiv and has spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about Beijing's peace proposal, its number one point: respecting the sovereignty of all countries. Does Russian President Vladimir Putin get told that following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? What does it even mean and how serious is Beijing about peacemaking?

This time on Global Eyes: China the peacemaker? Our guests: Ja Ian Chong of the National University of Singapore and Rohan Mukherjee of the London School of Economics.

Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Chapters
00:00 Ja Ian Chong on PRC opaque decision making
00:09 Rohan Mukherjee on Russian delusions of grandeur & Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats
00:43 China the peacemaker? Iran-Saudi Arabia deal, mediation between Israel & Palestinians
01:20 Can China be taken seriously to broker a peace deal between Ukraine & Russia?
02:30 China wants to shape the global order
93:10 Volodymyr Zelenskyy phone with Xi Jinping and Beijing peace plan
04:00 Selling the Europeans security, Ukraine territorial integrity and Russian sense of victory
05:05 Will there be Chinese assistance in returning Ukraine’s kidnapped children?
06:30 Mediation as image management, cost increases as result of war & effects on supply chains
08:40 China since COVID: border tension with India, increased incursions in Taiwan, Japan ADIZ, Senkaku Islands, Hong Kong Security Law
10:10 What lessons can China learn for Taiwan from Russian victory or defeat in Ukraine?
10:50 A viable Russia distracts US & Europe from Asia
11:45 China’s actions perplexing to its neighbors
12:40 Spheres of influence & Asian model of prosperity
14:25 Chinese double standards, India, regional mistrust, G7-G20 PM Modi and Zelenskyy
15:25 New Delhi position on Ukraine war, Indian security ties to Russia
16:07 Modi at Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand, food & fertilizer prices
17:15 A test for Indian diplomacy and Delhi’s influence in Moscow
18:05 Imperialist Russia in the international order
18:45 Does war serve China & India’s economic interests?
20:20 Russia defense imports from China & exports to India
22:50 China’s idea of abandoning the Cold War mentality
24:50 China’s objectives & red lines
25:40 Berlin Wall, Airlift, Korean War, Indo-Chinese wars, Cuban Missile Crisis
27:35 China’s partners: North Korea & Pakistan
28:20 Alliance management is costly business, changing US attitudes, Trump administration
29:15 Peace deal for Ukraine & view from Global South, Europe & US, WTO, NPT, UN Security Council
30:50 Competition between India & China in Global South, Belt and Road Initiative, Non-Aligned Movement
33:00 Chinese debt, demographics & peak of power
34:00 Can China be trusted? Beijing’s commitment: 2013 Sino-Ukrainian Treaty, promises to Obama on South China Sea, Philippines & Scarborough Shoal, UNCLOS, Sino-British Joint Declaration
36:50 Chinese territorial claims, Vietnam, India, Taiwan
37:45 New Socialist Tibet, Xinjiang, sovereignty, cognitive dissonance, human rights
39:35 Sino-Soviet Treaty on Mongolia in 1950, Qing Empire in Siberia
40:25 Deflecting blame or underwriter, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization
42:30 Could China force Russia into peace agreement and use of nuclear weapons
44:00 China’s new world order and risk of Russian collapse
45:00 If China cannot bring peace to Ukraine, who can?
46:15 Afghanistan, Iraq, US intervention, Soviet regime change

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