In Germany, they announced a “turning point” in relations with China because of Russia

Flag of the Federal Republic of Germany. File photoMOSCOW, May 8.Warnings against Beijing over Russia's special operation in Ukraine and Western sanctions show a «turning point» in German-Chinese relations, according to an article by ZDF journalist Thomas Reichart. As the author writes , in the information flow of recent weeks, news is sometimes “lost”, which in itself can become a kind of turning point. So, when the Bundestag adopted a statement at the end of April calling for supporting Kyiv with heavy weapons, it also revealed other «heavy artillery».China explained why the West will not stop at the conflict in UkraineSo, an «unambiguous threat» was sent to China: if Beijing undermines Western sanctions or even supplies weapons to Russia, this will lead to sanctions against China, Reichart points out. «Similar warnings from Berlin to Beijing were as unthinkable a few weeks ago as the delivery of self-propelled guns to Ukraine. This turning point can hardly be overestimated,» he writes. According to him, this step marks the final «farewell» to the Chinese policy of ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel, which was focused on economic relations and did not want to recognize «Beijing's aggressive ambitions to become a great power.» The Russian special operation in Ukraine, in his opinion, led to the formation of blocs: Europe shows greater solidarity with the United States, while China acts «side by side «with Russia. At the same time, as the journalist notes, it will be even more difficult for German companies to replace the Chinese market, supply chains and technologies than to replace Russian energy resources. «As this turning point shows, the real problem is ultimately China,» he concludes. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. .jpg» />China sharply responded to State Department statement about Ukraine