"Russia is China's comprehensive strategic partner for coordination in the new era, so we can't "just walk away"" - Prof. Zhu Feng, Executive Dean of the School of Intn'l Relations at Nanjing U, believes that both "China and the US are needed to quell the Ukrainian crisis."
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While Zhu reiterates Xi's message to Biden that confrontation is not the way, he casually describes the "Nazification" and "biological virus leaks" in Ukraine as facts, in addition to blaming Ukraine's excessive "Westernization."
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Zhu also writes that US attempts to pull China into sanctioning and suppressing Russia "is not in line with the basic principles of China’s diplomacy, and it is also in line with China’s long-term commitment to maintaining Russia as a friendly neighbor."
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He adds that "China is unlikely to help Russia take military action against Ukraine," and concludes that "CN and the US should strengthen their 'great power coordination', with the crisis "providing the impetus for deepening bilateral cooperation and managing of differences."
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