China Wants Taliban To Thrive In Afghanistan: Report greekcitytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from greekcitytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
China needs neighbouring Afghanistan to remain relatively stable, and sees the Taliban as providing that option, while invites to China-led forums such as the belt and road summit are a ‘low-cost way to signal support’, observers say.
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Chinese media echoes Russia on Ukraine war kuwaittimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kuwaittimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As Western sanctions on Moscow mount following its invasion of Ukraine, Chinese media tell a story to domestic readers that avoids blaming Russia and portrays sympathy for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s perspective.
Beijing has refused to support nor condemn its close ally Moscow, while blaming the US and NATO’s “eastward expansion” for worsening tensions.
It is a view that reverberates across state newspapers and television as well as social media in China’s tightly controlled news environment.
When Putin announced an assault on Ukraine on Feb. 24, China’s Xinhua news agency maintained it was a “military operation” and Moscow had “no intent”