Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping
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