Dr. Kerry Brown at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On May 12th, 2022. See this statement in context.

May 12th, 2022 / 4:45 p.m.

Professor of Chinese Studies, King's College London, and Director, Lau China Institute, As an Individual

I don't think it's a huge issue. I don't think China has any big view on NATO, apart from when, of course, 23 or 24 years ago it bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.

I think its relationship with Russia—we assume—is a positive one, but Russians I've talked to and the Chinese recognize that it's a leader-to-leader relationship. It's Putin and Xi Jinping. Underneath that, historically, of course, there isn't a great deal of unity. It's not like this is a relationship built on a deep level of trust. I don't think we should forget that in looking at this issue.

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