Translation Tag: russia-ukraine
The chief economist at a state-owned energy investment firm argues that in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China must diversify its energy sources, increase its energy independence, and promote the use of the RMB for pricing and settling international energy transactions.
The former Bank of China vice president outlines the role SWIFT plays within the international banking system and explains the effects the Russian economy will experience following the country’s removal from the system.
An assessment of the primary causes of the Ukraine crisis and possible long-term impacts of the conflict on the international order.
This lengthy news analysis appearing in a state-owned newspaper was written two days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It outlines China’s basic framing of the Ukraine crisis, suggesting that the U.S. and NATO are “us[ing] Ukraine to ‘curb’ Russia and ‘weaken’ Russia.”
The war in Ukraine is a manifestation of the deep divergence in politics and values between Russia and the West, argues an expert in former Soviet states from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
The executive director of the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University argues that the Ukraine war is the “inevitable result of the long-term squeezing of Russia’s security space by the United States and NATO,” built out of “long-standing historical grievances.” As a prognosis, he argues that the conflict will result in a fundamental transformation in the European security architecture.
Although Russia prepared its economy to withstand the effects Western sanctions in the past, the harsher measures imposed as a result of the war in Ukraine may lead to long-term economic woes, argues a Eurasia researcher at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, a leading think tank overseen by the Ministry of State Security.