Official statements from Beijing on the Ukraine war often sound either like an echo chamber of Russia or like empty diplomatic talk. There is no public discourse on Russian policy. Nevertheless, reports by Chinese academics sound more nuanced and are, therefore, quite interesting. „While the views of these intellectuals cannot be taken as a proxy for positions adopted by the Chinese government, they do shed light on the questions under debate and the way in which these events are being framed in China,“ says a new study by the think tank European Council of Foreign Relations (ECFR).