Beware of the CCP’s Strategic Deception

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

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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.