Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: What it Means for UK-China Relations and the Threat to Taiwan<\/b><\/p>\n
The shocking scenes in Ukraine have alarmed the West, compelling unprecedented responses to Russia’s invasion and the humanitarian crisis it has inspired. Russia’s war in Ukraine has also shone a light on the evolving relationship between President Putin and China’s President Xi, after a new international cooperation pact was agreed in Beijing in the weeks immediately preceding the invasion. <\/span><\/p>\n In this British Foreign Policy Group event, the BFPG’s Director Sophia Gaston joined Tom Tugendhat MP, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, and Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford, to sort through the realities of the Russia-China relationship, the consequences of the situation in Ukraine for the UK’s engagement with China, and what lessons both China and the West will take from the crisis in terms of its implications for Taiwan.<\/span><\/p>\n