War in Ukraine: ‘Extended conflict could wreck EU’, says China media
China’s state media has said that an extended war in Ukraine could lead to the break-up of the EU.
China’s state media has said that an extended war in Ukraine could lead to the break-up of the EU.
“Is Europe prepared to see a 10-year war on its own continent? Imagine what would happen to Europe: it would turn into a bleeding decade,” an editorial in the state-controlled Global Times argued.
The editorial accused America and NATO of prolonging the war by supplying Ukraine with economic and military aid, “cheering Ukraine on to fight a 10-year war”. “By then Europe, being entangled in a war, will completely lose its security autonomy and become fully reliant on the US umbrella. It will have to confront a 10-year crisis on energy, food, refugees and inflation. Social turmoil will surface. The bloc may even split on the issue.”
Beijing is trying to sow division in the West by exploiting any differences between European and US policy in support of Ukraine. Beijing is worried that a united front would damage its ambitions to rival Washington.
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