A comment describing Russia's war against Ukraine as a " Like, Ukraine is the “ex-wife” of Russia, which mistreated their two “common children”: Donetsk and Lugansk. This same " Another version of the same metaphor says that the US allegedly kidnapped another " And, they say, China needs to use the example of Russia, which allegedly also returned to Crimea.

In addition to the obvious misogyny (as one of the commentators noted, “their women do not have a separate personality, but only evil thoughts”), the central role in such messages is always played by the same character - the United States. Wendy Jow, Ph.D. in communications from Georgia State University, writes in an article in The Atlantic..

Many commentators and officials in the West have taken Chinese evasions about the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a sign of a strengthening alliance between Beijing and Moscow.. However, the focus on the so-called "

“Our analysis of comments on China’s rather limited social media, as well as official statements about the invasion, found that the pro-Russian position (of the government or those users whose opinion is widely shared) is only a veil for a deeper criticism of the influence of America or the wider West,” -.

In both diplomatic statements and social media discussions, the Russian war against Ukraine is explained as a necessary step to resist Western (but most American) aggression.. Chinese officials have never openly supported the Russian invasion. But they explained the conflict as the result of an escalation provoked by the United States.. For example, at the beginning of the invasion, Chinese Foreign Minister Assistant Hua Chunying denounced the United States for allegedly driving Russia into a dead end by expanding NATO closer to its borders.. The well-known scholar of international relations Shen-Yi went even further, comparing the expansion of the alliance with the Caribbean Missile Crisis of 1962 and accusing the US and its allies of global dominance.. Political scientist Shiping Ten called the Russian invasion a trap for Ukraine and Europe, which was allegedly created by the United States. They say that this is how Washington wants to benefit from the fall in trust in Moscow by rebuilding its own ties with Europe..

Such anti-Western fictions are very common in the debate about the war on the Internet.. The flow of nationalist pro-Russian comments on Chinese social networks is focused not on Russia itself and the analysis of Russian-Ukrainian relations, but on NATO and the United States allegedly pushing Moscow into self-defense mode. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijiang posted an illustration of NATO's geographic expansion on its Weibo page.. In the comments under it, they immediately began to attack the alliance. Users wrote: “NATO will pay its bloody debt”, “NATO knows no borders, and its aggressive ambitions will face resistance”, “No one can continue such a massive expansion to the east”. Another popular message on Weibo has been shared 4600 times. It argued that wars were necessary to establish lasting peace.. And the US should abandon its hegemonic ambitions.

These comments do not give Ukraine any rights, accusing or ridiculing it if it wants to join the “wrong union”. True, in recent days, alternative voices have appeared on the Internet in China, speaking of compassion for Ukraine, spreading stories of Chinese expats and photos from the war zone.. But such messages were either quickly deleted due to censorship or do not attract much attention amid more assertive anti-American rhetoric.. Official and unofficial commentators note the so-called " For example, many point to the contrast between Washington's concern about events in Ukraine and the slow condemnation of the 1999 NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.. Or criticize American military interventions in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. Foreign Ministry spokesman Won Wenbin accused Washington of pushing China to do more to stop the war in Ukraine, while failing to maintain international peace and stability on its own.. On the social network Douyin, the stand-up comedian ridiculed Western sanctions against Russian art, sports teams and even cats.. Video collected 49 thousand tastes.

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This use of pro-Russian comments to counter the moral stance of the West fits into a broader pattern of growing rivalry in Chinese diplomatic rhetoric.. The accusation of double standards, for example, has become a common technique for criticizing the United States and rejecting China's condemnation of human rights violations..

Since the storming of the Capitol on January 6, Chinese state-run media have been vocal about the shortcomings of American democracy, portraying it as tiny compared to more reliable and accountable governance in China.. The state tabloid Global Times wrote that in China, the authorities allegedly maintain direct contact with society and work to " And measures to improve people's lives are often distorted by the power of capital..

China under Xi Jinping seeks to take away the " So Russia seems to have become a timely indirect channel for Beijing to express its dissatisfaction.. That the "