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View all search resultsChina's diplomatic offensive lays down new challenge for US
Xi “would like to be seen and be taken seriously as a peacemaker”, said Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China.
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F
ew expect Chinese President Xi Jinping’s diplomacy to yield breakthroughs on the Ukraine war. But in Washington, there are fears Beijing may succeed elsewhere: in winning credibility on the world stage.
Xi pushed forward positions on Ukraine during two days of talks in Moscow, a week after China announced the restoration of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, rivals in a region where the United States has been the main diplomatic powerbroker for decades.
The US has been skeptical of China’s diplomatic offensive, believing its proposed ceasefire would only provide time for Russia to regroup forces that Ukrainians have been succeeding in pushing back for more than a year.
“The world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia, supported by China or any other country, to freeze the war on its own terms,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
But US officials and experts say that China’s diplomacy is not so much about ending the war as an attempt to change the narrative.
Xi “would like to be seen and be taken seriously as a peacemaker”, said Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China.
“He’s more interested in that right now than actually doing specific things to attain peace in Ukraine. This is mostly about messaging.”
