Published: January 25th, 2023,
Last updated: January 25th, 2023
Andrij Melnyk, Ukraine’s former ambassador to Germany and since November 2022 deputy foreign minister, has urged a re-evaluation of Ukraine-Chinese relations. His remarks have caused quite a stir. Formally, Kyiv and Beijing have maintained a „strategic partnership“ and extensive economic cooperation since 2011. However, given China’s pro-Russia stance since Putin’s Assault on Ukraine, not much is left of all this, as Michael Radunski analyzes. Instead, Ukraine is now beginning to look more toward Taiwan.