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In a phone call between Xi Ping and Putin on 15 June, the Chinese transcript noted that the Chinese government continues to support Russia on security issues and strategic co-ordination

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China's support for Russia challenges Europe's Peace Order

It could have been worse. Imagine if the Chinese government had enthusiastically supported Russia's attack on Ukraine and was now sending weapons to bolster its firepower. The war would look even more like a dangerous global conflagration.

But even so, China's soft support to Russia is deeply troubling for Europe. Here is the EU's biggest trading partner signalling that it does not care about the work of generations of Europeans to build security on the continent after two devastating ...

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

In a phone call between Xi Ping and Putin on 15 June, the Chinese transcript noted that the Chinese government continues to support Russia on security issues and strategic co-ordination

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

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