Brussels and Washington will downplay Xi Jinping's hour-long phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky without dismissing it outright. The fear of the West has always been that Beijing might intervene constructively in the conflict, not that it might support the Russians..

“They probably would like the Chinese to openly side with Russia. Then they wouldn't have to spend so much time and energy fanning the threat of an invasion of Taiwan and the ghost of a rising Chinese scarecrow who wants to destroy Western civilization.. Then these narratives would spread naturally, without constant refutation by knowledgeable critics,” Alex Luo, a columnist for the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post, comments on the conversation between the leaders of Ukraine and China..

He notes that China is the only country with which both Moscow and Kyiv are ready to talk.. And this is the only country that “gave not weapons, but a peace plan”. After Zelensky-initiated phone call, Beijing will send a special envoy to seek a peaceful settlement.

“At least French President Emmanuel Macron, who suffered a lot because he asked Xi Jinping to intervene, can now tell his critics to go away,” a Chinese author ironically.

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The question is why China decided to take a step now? Alex Lo explains that this is the right moment for Beijing. Because earlier, any action on his part would mean that China abandoned Russia and made concessions to the Western alliance, which wants to “destroy or at least discredit the Putin regime”.

“Why would Xi Jinping do this just for the West to call him a ‘good boy’”. Of course, Beijing refused to play this game, and hence all the endless Sinophobic attacks by the Western media and political propaganda,” the article says..

But according to a Chinese observer, now is a very good time for Beijing to intervene.. Because the leak of secret documents of the US Department of Defense allegedly dispelled the “pink picture that Washington and Brussels painted about the Ukrainian victory”. The Chinese journalist emphasizes that the leaked documents indicate the depletion of Ukrainian troops and the depletion of ammunition stocks.. Of course, the Russian army also has many problems. But the Western media already paid attention to them. At the same time, Alex Lo accuses the West of starting a “war of attrition” in Ukraine instead of a Ukrainian victory..

\? Very beneficial for Ukrainian leaders if they survive. A thinner and smaller Ukraine, without its pro-Russian eastern regions, could be quickly rebuilt with Western (EU) and Chinese money. Its top leaders and their oligarch friends will get very rich. Putin will be able to go home and claim success by freeing his Russian compatriots in the east. All Kiev can offer is permanent neutrality towards Russia, which will perceive the new Ukraine as forever Western, not Russian..

The Chinese journalist admits that, although without NATO membership, Ukraine can receive a full security guarantee from the most powerful countries of the alliance, including the United States, which will protect it from Russia.

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“All China wants is for Kyiv to unequivocally recognize a “united China” - Kyiv is indifferent to Taiwan anyway. And you can become close friends forever. Since Hungary and Serbia are the only friendly countries in the region, having a friend in Ukraine is very attractive.. And of course Xi Jinping can actually tell Putin to get his hands off the Ukrainians this time..

The Chinese observer adds that such a plan has only the disadvantage that the West will not be able to achieve the “destruction” of the Putin regime.. Therefore, Washington "