China Miscalculated With Europe in Backing Russia, US Envoy Says
- Beijing isn’t acting as a ‘neutral’ country: Ambassador Burns
- Security officials interrupted 61 US embassy events in China
WATCH: US Ambassador to China Burns said Beijing misjudged the impact on its relations with Europe by providing support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Beijing misjudged the impact on its relationship with Europe when it provided support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, America’s top diplomat in China said, as ties fray between the world’s No. 2 economy and Western democracies over the conflict.
“I think the Chinese have miscalculated,” Ambassador Nicholas Burns told Bloomberg Television on Thursday. “I actually think the Chinese did not understand the core value that we place in our current world on peace and unity in Europe itself.”