"Russia is a great power that has used its great strength to destroy and not to build," he said.The professor at the Shanghai University of International Studies, Huang Jing, has argued what is China's vision of the war in Ukraine.During his speech at the III International Forum that EXPANSIÓN has organized with the collaboration of the international think tank The European House Ambrosetti, the academic has highlighted that China is an agent of peace.According to Jing: "Putin could have achieved his strategic goals without resorting to war."For Beijing, the conflict between the countries of Eastern Europe represents a difficult position since "China is a known strategic ally of Russia, but also a power that wants peace."The speaker at the table, who has analyzed the geopolitical and geoeconomic trends, has been opposed to the strategy of Putin's offensive.In his words: "Russia is a great power that has used its great strength to destroy and not to build."That fact is incompatible for China, which, according to Jing, "wants a friendly relationship with Ukraine, and to be an actor of change in a Global Government."He also stressed that even though President Xi Jinping has met with French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, "China does not want to sacrifice its relationship with Europe and wants to maintain its position of neutrality."Regarding Beijing's relationship with Russia, Jing mentioned that China is not only on the Russian side, but argued that there could not currently be a pact between the country and Europe since "Biden has said that the US objective is China, and Europe is allied with the US, so why ally with Europe?" the academic asked himself rhetorically.As a climax, Jing added that "the worst case scenario would be Putin's total victory", but he also added that "If Europe's objective is the total victory of Putin's Russia with all that that implies, Putin could use nuclear weapons and that would be the end for all of us."© 2022 Editorial Unit Economic Information SLSign up for our newsletters