Opinion

China is going to be the great winner from Putin’s strife

Russia’s failed attempt to make Ukraine into a buffer state is only helping China’s statecraft on its own western borders.

Geoff RabyColumnist

Jun 30, 2023 – 10.00am

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If the author of the Art of War, Sun Tzu, was marking President Xi’s statecraft from some lofty place in heaven, he may well give Xi a special distinction. For Sun Tzu, the best way to defeat an enemy is through strategy and diplomacy. The use of “soldiers” is the least desirable.