Beijing is maintaining its 'pro-Russia neutrality' at the highest levels of government, but is also trying to distance itself from the worst of Moscow's depredations in Ukraine.
Both scenarios are bad, but one may be less bad than the other. Beijing appears to have chosen the benefit of ignorance over the unflattering image of having bet on the wrong horse.
He went on:"Conflict between Russia and Ukraine does no good for China. Had China known about the imminent crisis, we would have tried our best to prevent it."
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