AT what game is beijing playing? Since the invasion of Ukraine at the end of February, the second world power refuses to condemn Russia and reaffirms on the contrary its friendship “solid as a rock” for its neighbor. Monday, March 14, in Rome, the American national security adviser Jake Sullivan met the head of diplomacy of the Chinese Communist Party, Yang Jiechi, true conductor of the country’s foreign affairs, in principle to continue a dialogue started at the end of 2021 , but in reality to pressure China into letting go of Putin.
The day before the meeting, the FinancialTimes made a seemingly shattering revelation: since the invasion, Putin would have asked Xi Jinping for economic and above all military aid. The sources, of very high level, do not pr…
