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China's balancing act on Russian invasion of Ukraine explained

  • Written by Joseph Torigian, Assistant Professor of International Service, American University
imageA friendship far from flagging?Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images

Russia has few friends in the international community following its invasion of Ukraine. But China, which shares a 2,672-mile (4,300-kilometer) border with Russia, is among the handful of nations that has refused to condemn Vladimir Putin’s actions, while criticizing...

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