Advances in Social Behavior Research
ASBR ICEIPI 2022, 03 March 2023
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How is the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War Being Portrayed in China?
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Abstract
China has a complicated relationship with Russia who used to be Soviet Union. Recently, Xi Jinping has aligned closely with Putin. As Russia’s friend, in the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war, does China support Russia, standing the opposite of the world? China’s official attitude can be ambiguous, but what is the real attitude? What are mass people’s attitudes in China? Therefore, this paper studies from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the mass people’s comments to figure out China’s real attitude behind the word games.
Keywords
2022 Russo-Ukrainian war, Sino-Russo relationship
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