China is walking the tightrope over the Ukraine conflict and experts say Beijing might refrain from directly arming Russia
But experts doubt that the Asian giant would arm Russia in a substantial manner, as Beijing does not see any real benefit from sending heavy weapons to Russia at the expense of antagonising the West against China, which has strong commercial interests with Europe and the US. the Chinese Communist Party
“China can think about how it can support the Russian war effort more actively, even in the military domain, without directly delivering lethal aid,” Krieg tells TRT World. Krieg believes China would prefer going with softer options like investing in the Russian military industry to directly arming Moscow against Kiev.
Both Russia and NATO, fierce competitors against China, are depleting their resources and consuming their bandwidth in Ukraine to achieve their objectives, says Krieg. The West-Russia confrontation in Ukraine has created a good opportunity for China to “get on with doing whatever it wants to do, building up its military and its international and global influence,” the analyst observes.
“It would not be surprising if he were someone promoting greater export of Chinese weapon systems to Russia and or, at least, helping the Russians build arms inside of Russia,” says Krieg. Wei Fenghe is “very confrontational” when it comes to the West and is “probably an advocate who says ‘let’s take the risk’.”
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