The CCP’s Neutrality in the Russia–Ukraine War Is Undermined

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (R) attend the Tsinghua University's ceremony at Friendship Palace in Beijing, China, on April 26, 2019. Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool/Getty Images

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Despite strong international appeals for China to stop supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is bent on providing much-needed political, diplomatic, and economic support, if not military, to the aggressor.