The US has said that China would cross a “red line” if the country decided to provide lethal military aid to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
A report by CNN revealed that, the US has begun seeing “disturbing” trendlines in China’s support for Russia’s military, and there are signs that Beijing wants to “creep up to the line” of providing lethal military aid to Russia without getting caught, US officials familiar with the intelligence said.
The officials did not describe in detail what intelligence the US had seen, suggesting a recent shift in China’s posture, but said US officials have been concerned enough that they have shared the intelligence with allies and partners at the Munich Security Conference over the past several days.
“We welcome the Chinese announcement that they want peace because that’s what we always want to pursue in situations like this. But we also have to be clear that if there are any thoughts and efforts by the Chinese and others to…
Source: Linda Ikeji
