US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns believes that China, despite its claims of neutrality, has effectively sided with Russia in this war.
This was reported by Sky News.
He noted that despite its claims of neutrality, China continues to provide Moscow with a range of technologies, maintaining strong trade ties with Russia over time.
"We think it’s a major mistake to allow Chinese companies, by the thousands, to be sending so many components, technology components, microprocessors (and) nitrocellulose to Russia to reinforce and strengthen the defense industrial base of the Russian Federation for this brutal war," he said, speaking in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai.
According to him, "Russia's invasion, now in its third year, has become an 'existential crisis' in Europe". And given Russia's continued support, China "is not neutral, but has effectively sided with Russia in this war."
Earlier, Apostrophe wrote that Blinken spoke about China's aid to Russia and announced new sanctions.