China may plead innocence but it still keeps Putin’s war machine running

Philip Shetler Jones, a senior research fellow on Indo Pacific security at the Royal United Services Institute, said: “As with so many issues, this is seen from Beijing through the lens of China’s struggle with America. “In time, it may prove China forfeited some of its own legitimacy as a trustworthy global leader for short-term gain, but so far it has not been made to pay any price for its support to Vladimir Putin.”