U.S. Officials Repeatedly Urged China to Help Avert War in Ukraine

Americans presented Chinese officials with intelligence on Russia’s troop buildup in hopes that President Xi Jinping would step in, but were repeatedly rebuffed.

Over three months, senior Biden administration officials held half a dozen urgent meetings with top Chinese officials in which the Americans presented intelligence showing Russia’s troop buildup around Ukraine and beseeched the Chinese to tell Russia not to invade, according to U.S. officials.

Each time, the Chinese officials, including the foreign minister and the ambassador to the United States, rebuffed the Americans, saying they did not think an invasion was in the works. After one diplomatic exchange in December, U.S. officials got intelligence showing Beijing had shared the information with Moscow, telling the Russians that the United States was trying to sow discord — and that China would not try to impede Russian plans and actions, the officials said.

The previously unreported talks between American and Chinese officials show how the Biden administration tried to use intelligence findings and diplomacy to persuade a superpower it views as a growing adversary to stop the invasion of Ukraine, and how that nation, led by President Xi Jinping, persistently sided with Russia even as the evidence of Moscow’s plans for a military offensive grew over the winter.

This account is based on interviews with senior administration officials with knowledge of the conversations who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the diplomacy. The Chinese Embassy did not return requests for comment......

The China angle is interesting.

I thought they had Ukraine in their pocket and that Russia invaded block China. I still going by that theory—one that posits China as the villain and Russia as the lesser villain.

US/NATO involvement would be troublesome for China’s long term plans, so it remains at the sidelines as it’s neighbor pries this thorn out of the region. Then it will have only one opponent. I don’t see China and Russia in any amicable relationship for the long-term future, especially over this piece of real estate.

This fact complicates my theory that this is a strategic move by Russia to counter China’s B&R expansion. It’s still
seems the best explanation though.

“ U.S. officials got intelligence showing Beijing had shared the information with Moscow, telling the Russians that the United States was trying to sow discord ”

President Retard doesn’t know the difference between an adversary and an ally 🤪

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