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The atmosphere of the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Beijing, Friday March 4, is no longer the one that prevailed a month ago during the Olympic Games. Beijing observes with caution the actions of the master of the Kremlin. Arnaud’s report Miguetfrom Shanghai, for France Télévisions China.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was the guest of honor at the Beijing Olympics a month ago. “The Russian and Chinese president touted their ‘boundless’ friendship”recalls Arnaud Miguetlive Shanghai (China). Since then, there has been war and the invasion of Ukraine. “China still does not condemn Moscowbut abstained in the United Nations Security Council“, says the journalist. China is even signing gas pipeline contracts”but she distances herself and even proposes today to play the mediators”, reports Arnaud Miguet.
The unprecedented American and European sanctions undoubtedly weighed, “and then Beijing does not want to appear as an accomplice“, specifies Arnaud Miguet. The Chinese capital needs the United States and the European Union, its best enemies. “To prosper economically, Xi Jinping would expect only one thing today, the return to stability”concludes the journalist.
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