Guess Who’s Not Letting the Crisis in Ukraine Go To Waste

Beijing was right about the geopolitical fundamentals. And, with few countries having joined the West in resisting Russian aggression, and the West preoccupied in Ukraine, it has been able to advance its global aims. 

The Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, right, with the acting foreign minister of the Afghan Taliban's caretaker government, Amir Khan Muttaqi, at Kabul March 24, 2022. Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua via AP

Conventional wisdom has it that Communist China has miscalculated by supporting President Putin’s war in Ukraine. The Russian strongman faces unexpectedly fierce resistance from the Ukrainian military and is being squeezed by the West.

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