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    RECKONING WITH RUSSIA

    Mar 27, 2022 4 minutes
    by DAVID MAHON in Beijing

    Western leaders’ perception of the Russian and Chinese authoritarian regimes as one, with a shared aim to destabilise Western democracy, is mistaken. Despite reports to the contrary, China maintains it was surprised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It claims Vladimir Putin misled President Xi Jinping, telling him he would not invade.

    The Chinese Embassy in Kyiv was, indeed, uncharacteristically ill-prepared to evacuate its nationals. Beijing issued mixed statements in the first 72 hours of the crisis.

    Russia is declining and China is rising. Putin wants to disrupt the global order, while Xi wishes to join it and influence it. Putin and Xi are both the sons of communist revolutionaries. Both rose to power through chaos they witnessed in

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