Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a Belt and Road Initiative summit at the International Conference Center in Yanqi Lake, north of Beijing, China, on May 15, 2017. Lintao Zhang/AFP/Getty Images
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine risks escalating into a nuclear war, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) refuses to make a clear-cut commitment to distance itself from the aggressor. This is clear following the video call between President Joe Biden and his counterpart Xi Jinping on March 18.
Ching Cheong is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong. In his decades-long journalism career, he has specialized in political, military, and diplomatic news in Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, and Singapore.
