{"id":8431,"date":"2025-07-04T00:07:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T00:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T00:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T00:07:42","slug":"chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"China's<\/p>\n

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas on July 3 that the country cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine amid fears the U.S. would shift focus towards Beijing, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, citing sources familiar with the conversation.<\/p>\n

As the war in Ukraine drags on, Wang’s reported comments suggest that Russia’s war in Ukraine may serve China’s strategic needs as focus is deviated away from Beijing’s mounting preparation to launch its own eventual invasion into Taiwan<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

China has been a key ally to Russia during its full-scale war, helping Moscow evade Western sanctions and becoming the leading source of dual-use goods fueling the Russian defense industry.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump, who has not managed<\/strong><\/a> to broker a promised ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv, has long viewed China as the United States’ main adversary and is predominantly focused on relations between the two nations.<\/p>\n

In June, Bloomberg reported<\/a> <\/strong>Trump is pulling back from pressuring China over its support for Russia\u2019s war effort, instead prioritizing other aspects of the U.S.-China relationship. The publication reported that the administration lowered the issue of Russia’s war against Ukraine on its list of foreign policy priorities and is focusing on bilateral issues with Beijing, though they noted Trump could still shift course.<\/p>\n

The frankness of Wang’s reported admission was greeted with surprise by EU official, according<\/strong><\/a> to Hong Kong-based SCMP, amid China’s past public statements in favor of a peace deal<\/strong><\/a>. Two sources familiar with the meeting told SCMP that they believed Wang was providing Kallas with a lesson in realpolitik during the four-hour encounter. <\/p>\n

Wang on July 3 again reportedly rejected Western accusations that it was providing funding and weaponry to support Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine. <\/p>\n

President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly accused Beijing of providing weaponry to Moscow. On May 29, Zelensky said that China had stopped<\/strong><\/a> selling drones to Ukraine and Western countries while continuing to supply them to Russia. <\/p>\n

Wang’s comments come amid waning support from Kyiv’s main military backer, the United States. On July 1, the U.S. Defense Department paused shipments<\/strong><\/strong><\/a> of key weapons systems to Ukraine, including Patriot air defense missiles and precision-guided munitions. <\/p>\n

As Russian-Chinese relations continue to grow, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to mee<\/strong>t<\/a> Chinese President Xi Jingping in September in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n
Trump says he \u201cdidn\u2019t make any progress\u201d with Putin following phone call<\/div>\n
When asked if he had made any progress with Putin on the call, Trump responded: \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t make any progress with him today at all.\u201d<\/div>\n
\"China'sThe Kyiv Independent<\/span>Dmytro Basmat<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"China's<\/div>\n

<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n

This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com
\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism
\nOriginal Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas on July 3 that the country cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine amid fears the U.S. would shift focus towards Beijing, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, citing sources familiar with the conversation. As the war in […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":8432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1152,1],"tags":[7597,4013,2111,4607,75,76,35,698,680,1269,1208,1171,1434,522,123,66],"class_list":["post-8431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kyivindependent","category-news","tag-afford","tag-beijing","tag-cannot","tag-chinas","tag-eu","tag-foreign","tag-in","tag-lose","tag-media","tag-minister","tag-reports","tag-russia","tag-tells","tag-that","tag-to","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"\nChina's foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China's foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports - News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas on July 3 that the country cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine amid fears the U.S. would shift focus towards Beijing, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, citing sources familiar with the conversation. As the war in […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-04T00:07:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2065033092.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Misu Videan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Misu Videan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/\",\"name\":\"China's foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports - News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2181151857-1-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-04T00:07:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-04T00:07:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2181151857-1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2181151857-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":1240,\"height\":827},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Prima pagin\u0103\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"China’s foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News\",\"description\":\"Euro TV News Agency\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69\",\"name\":\"Misu Videan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Misu Videan\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ziaruldebanat.ro\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/author\/mihai_vidjean\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China's foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports - News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"China's foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports - News","og_description":"China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas on July 3 that the country cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine amid fears the U.S. would shift focus towards Beijing, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, citing sources familiar with the conversation. As the war in […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/","og_site_name":"News","article_published_time":"2025-07-04T00:07:42+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2065033092.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Misu Videan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Misu Videan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/","name":"China's foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports - News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2181151857-1-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-04T00:07:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-04T00:07:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2181151857-1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2181151857-1-1.jpg","width":1240,"height":827},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chinas-foreign-minister-tells-eu-that-beijing-cannot-afford-russia-to-lose-in-ukraine-media-reports\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Prima pagin\u0103","item":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"China’s foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/","name":"News","description":"Euro TV News Agency","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69","name":"Misu Videan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Misu Videan"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ziaruldebanat.ro"],"url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/author\/mihai_vidjean\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2181151857-1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}