Published: May 18th, 2021,
Last updated: November 30th, 2022
Does the principle of non-interference still suit a great power with considerable creative will? The leadership in Beijing must increasingly weigh between the two ideas of its own role – and is now taking the side of the Palestinians in the current Middle East crisis. Our correspondents in Beijing show the difficult balancing act being attempted in the Middle East: courting the Muslim world without alienating Israel. The message behind the maneuver is much more one-sided: Beijing wants to expose the US as a disruptive factor.