‘They're fooled by Putin’: Chinese historians speak out against Russian invasion
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"Is it worth [it] for China to undermine its own credibility to defend the indefensible? I’m afraid they were fooled by Putin,” Xu said, emphasizing that he and his colleagues wrote this letter because they love the country, and they do not wish a potential worldwide tragedy to stall China’s future.
“This is simply a black and white matter,” he continued. “This is an invasion. As the Chinese saying goes: you cannot call a deer a horse. As Chinese historians, we do not wish to see China being dragged into something that will fundamentally harm the current world order. For the love of mankind, world peace and development, we should make this clear.”
But Xu and his colleagues’ open letter was quickly taken down by internet censors after two hours and 40 minutes online."
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had spoke a few days ago that they respected the sovereignty of Ukraine.
"China firmly advocates respecting and safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries," Wang said, according to a statement from China's Foreign Ministry on Friday. "This equally applies to the Ukraine issue."
When Putin was talking about their 'no limit alliance' a few weeks ago, China was most likely aware that Russia was about to recognize the 2 new republics. China almost certainly didn't know Russia was about to invade Ukraine.
In fact, it looks like all this talk about China invading Taiwan was really Russian propaganda to turn us against China.
Really when you look at the facts, China really hasn't started aggressive wars.
I feel like we have all been fooled by Putin.