A sign outside the the Canadian embassy in Beijing on March 3 in support of Ukraine. Photo: AFP
Opinion
Opinion
Raffaello Pantucci
Eurasia in turmoil: how China’s passivity foments the chaos
From Afghanistan to Kazakhstan and now Ukraine, the Eurasian heartland has fallen prey to three forces: authoritarian incompetence, Russian adventurism and Chinese passivity
Beijing may be happy to sit out the chaos for now but it will ultimately spill over and create problems it cannot ignore