Many people are now concerned about how to understand the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as Chinese, especially the people in the interior. In fact, it is not difficult, the middle and high school political textbooks give reference answers.
1. The determining factor in international relations is the national interest. Therefore, as a Chinese the key point in viewing the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine is where the conflict of interest between the two sides is.
Ukraine hopes to join NATO to get the protection of the European Union and the United States, and get the actual sweetness, but this makes Russia quite uncomfortable, which is equivalent to being stabbed in the neck - NATO's military arrangement. Therefore, the interests of both sides are irreconcilable and sooner or later they will clash.
2. Pursue an independent foreign policy of peace. We are against war, but we are also not afraid of war.
The United States once laid out the THAAD military system in South Korea, so why don't we do it? Because first of all there is the buffer zone of North Korea, and secondly, we are not war addicts, and it is not absolutely necessary, we cannot send forces to obstruct it.
3, backward will be beaten. Ukraine is economically and socially backward in all aspects, but also in the hearts and minds of the people.
96 of the top 100 ukrainian richest people escaped... Doesn't that mean no one wants to stay in this place? But if there is a person with a head and a face who has a little heart of innocence, Ukraine will not become what it is today.
Combining these three points, Chinese can understand the Russian-Ukrainian conflict more objectively, in short:
First, if you beat you, we still advocate peace.
Second, the essence of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict lies in the national interest, and we as outsiders should not invest too much sympathy.
Third, we need to develop better to make the European and American countries that are eyeing us afraid.