As Russia invaded Ukraine, the world is also watching China’s reaction to the crisis. A Chinese analyst believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions are part of a state plan that is beyond what Xi Jinping, leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was anticipating.
Yuan Hongbing, the prominent Chinese legal expert in exile, said, “Russia has its own national goals.” Putin is just using Xi Jinping, he added, and Putin “can’t be tied to Xi Jinping’s chariot.”
