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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told reporters in Beijing:
“The elections are a major event in Russia’s political calendar, the results of which represent will of the Russian people. China firmly supports their independent choice and stands ready to work with Russia to advance bilateral ties.”
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That’s right. Taiwan doesn’t come into the calculation at all. If the US had its way, China would not be a leader in any tachnology field and Chinese workers would still work for under $1/hr so US firms manufacturing in China can extract superprofits while deinstitutionalizing the US. If China is to prevent that, they gotta have defence, and economic independence that can’t be curbed by the US on a whim. So that includes unsanctionable fossil fuel supply. And that gives you the support for Russia.
At the same time I don’t think they’ve restricted exports of dual-use goods to Ukraine. They’ll make microcontrollers, motors and batteries for either.