Since the launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the People’s Republic of China has walked a careful and calculated line between strategic ambiguity and pragmatic interest. While rhetorically sympathetic to Moscow’s critiques of NATO expansion and officially “neutral” in its stance on the war, Beijing has never endorsed the invasion outright. Instead China has cultivated a nuanced position designed to protect her commercial footprint in Ukraine, preserve relations with the Eu