Friday, July 25, 2025

Beijing Reportedly Warns EU Against A Russian Defeat in War With Ukraine

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas that Beijing “does not want to see a Russian loss in Ukraine” because a Ukrainian victory would free the United States “to shift its whole focus to Beijing,” according to several people briefed on the closed-door meeting in Brussels.

The remark—first reported by the South China Morning Post—cuts against years of public Chinese claims that it is “not a party” to the war. EU officials present said they were taken aback by Wang’s candor, which they read as a blunt admission that China’s security calculations are tied to the longevity of Russia’s invasion.

Pressed on accusations that Chinese firms are funnelling matériel to Moscow, Wang allegedly rejected the charge and added a flourish that had Beijing been supplying Russia “financially or militarily,” he argued, “the conflict would have ended long ago”.

Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, used the same meeting to warn that any Chinese corporate support for Russia “poses a serious threat to European security,” underscoring Brussels’ willingness to link trade issues with Ukraine-related sanctions .

Strategically, Wang’s admission aligns with Beijing’s longstanding effort to dilute US bandwidth. So long as Washington is arming Kyiv and back-stopping NATO, the argument goes, fewer American ships, missiles, and policymakers can concentrate on the Indo-Pacific. The comment therefore crystallises the inference that China’s partnership with Russia is less about ideological affinity and more about keeping US resources divided.

The episode leaves Brussels and Washington with a clearer picture of Beijing’s red lines—and a sharper incentive to scrutinise Sino-Russian commerce that might prolong the war China says it wants ended on “acceptable” terms.


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