‘They were fooled by Putin’: Chinese historians speak out against Russian invasion

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. China publicly opposes any act that violates territorial integrity but over the past week has echoed Putin’s argument that Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is a response to Nato’s eastward expansion. Photograph: Alexei Druzhinin/AP

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. China publicly opposes any act that violates territorial integrity but over the past week has echoed Putin’s argument that Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is a response to Nato’s eastward expansion. Photograph: Alexei Druzhinin/AP

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/28/they-were-fooled-by-putin-chinese-historians-speak-out-against-russian-invasion