Backing Russia Will Be Too Costly for Beijing: Ambassador

Chinese leader Xi Jinping applauds at the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 5, 2022. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

SYDNEY—Backing Russia in the Ukraine War would be costly for Beijing, according to the recently appointed Ukrainian ambassador to Australia.

Vasyl Myroshnychenko, who recently arrived in the country, told audience members of the Western Heritage Australia organisation in late March it was clear the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was “fence-sitting” regarding publicly condemning Vladimir Putin’s regime.