#China_Ukraine: Beijing has finally released its vision of what a peace deal between Russia (aggressor) and Ukraine (victim) should look like. Here are my main remarks: 1) The first two points out of 12 are a mix of Chinese and Russian geopolitical interests involving the⤵️
principle of sovereignty (Taiwan question) and “Cold War” mentality (indirectly against opposition to enlargement of NATO and the geographic extension of the US). military cooperation); 2) The cessation of hostilities ranks only third in Chinese documents and lacks⤵️ 
the essentials: the complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian forces; 3) China insists that peace talks begin as the next step, without restoration of the pre-war status quo with Ukraine's legitimate control over all its territories (2013);⤵️
4) The aspects about the humanitarian crisis and the prisoners of war are reasonable, but that makes little sense if all of Russia's war crimes are not punished by an international court; 5) Nuclear safety is another point mentioned in the Chinese document, however, it seems⤵️
incomplete without Ukraine's full recovery of control of all nuclear plants on its territory; 6) China puts the grain deal on the table to secure Ukraine's global food supply, which is senseless because if Ukraine gets back its ports, it will have full sovereignty over⤵️
its infrastructure and critical maritime waters; 7) The other two points of the Chinese proposal refer more to China (and Russia) than to Ukraine. Beijing demands an end to the use of unilateral sanctions and clashes in the export of critical goods and supply⤵️
chains (pure Chinese geoeconomic interests and siding with Russia against Western sanctions); 8) Last but not least, Beijing points out the importance of post-war reconstruction, but forgets to specify that this refers only to the Ukrainian territories that were⤵️
devastated by Russian aggression. China makes no mention of the hundreds of billions (or even trillions) dollars in reparations that Russia must pay to rebuild Ukraine. 9) All in all, the Chinese proposal is a poor document focused on Chinese and Russian interests, which seeks⤵️
to fix the int order for their benefits and only lightly touches on important issues for Ukraine and its security against Russian attacks, territorial integrity and post-war reconstruction. The Chinese contribution to peace ⤵️
could have been an added value in pushing Russia back, but it seems like a huge missed opportunity. This just goes to show how deeply entrenched the Sino-Russian alliance is. Ukraine will never accept this plan & neither will its Western allies.
It is not surprising that the Russian MFA has endorsed China's proposal, which corresponds to Sino-Russian geopolitical interests and not to the achievement of a lasting peace in Ukraine. interfax.ru/russia/887662
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