{"id":1343703,"date":"2022-02-25T19:52:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T00:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1343703"},"modified":"2022-02-25T19:52:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T00:52:52","slug":"china-irked-that-its-nationals-caught-in-crossfire-in-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-irked-that-its-nationals-caught-in-crossfire-in-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"China Irked That Its Nationals Caught in Crossfire in Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-irked-that-its-nationals-caught-in-crossfire-in-kyiv%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1343703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Chinese nationals in Kyiv, Ukraine\u2019s national capital, are facing heightened \u201csecurity risks\u201d amid Russia\u2019s military invasion of Ukraine this week, China\u2019s state-run <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202202\/1253130.shtml\">reported<\/a>\u00a0Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Embassy in Kyiv issued a notice on February 24 in anticipation of Beijing\u2019s need to organize the return of an estimated 6,000 Chinese nationals living in Ukraine, mainly in the cities of Kyiv, Lvov, Kharkov, Odessa, and Sumy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGiven the rapidly deteriorating situation in the country, Chinese nationals and companies are facing high security risks. For this reason, the embassy is preparing charter flights and asked all Chinese nationals to voluntarily register,\u201d the notice read, as paraphrased by the <em>Global Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20023986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/AP22055463085573.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20023986 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AP22055463085573-1024x569-1.jpg\" alt=\"In this handout photo taken from video released by Ukrainian Police Department Press Service, Military helicopters apparently Russian, fly over the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian troops have launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine. Big explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa as world leaders decried the start of an Russian invasion that could cause massive casualties and topple Ukraine&#039;s democratically elected government. (Ukrainian Police Department Press Service via AP)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this handout photo taken from video released by Ukrainian Police Department Press Service, Military helicopters apparently Russian, fly over the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (Ukrainian Police Department Press Service via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe embassy has issued [a] safety alert to Chinese nationals in Ukraine and ask[s] Chinese businesses and students unions to instruct Chinese nationals and offer help to those in need,\u201d the state-run newspaper further relayed. \u201cIt advised Chinese nationals to remain indoors and hang Chinese national flags on their cars when going outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19992562\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238721512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19992562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238721512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A Ukrainian military vehicle drives in central Kyiv on February 24, 2022. (DANIEL LEAL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <em>Global Times<\/em> interviewed two Chinese nationals living in Kyiv who said they awoke to the sounds of bombs going off early Thursday morning followed by air sirens sounding in the national capital later in the day. One such person, a businesswoman, said she witnessed Ukrainians fleeing the city by car via western-oriented land routes on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are also many residents who cannot run away, including the local Chinese who do not have an EU [European Union] visa,\u201d the unnamed woman lamented.<\/p>\n<p>The publication also interviewed a Chinese national living outside Kyiv in the Black Sea port city of Odessa who witnessed similar signs of war as in the national capital. Chen, who lives on Odessa\u2019s outskirts, recounted waking up \u201cto the sound of an explosion\u201d around 4:30 a.m. on February 24. The man said he thought the sound \u201cwas a wheel blowing up, but later he was told it was an artillery shell explosion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s military <a href=\"https:\/\/graphics.reuters.com\/UKRAINE-CRISIS\/zdpxokdxzvx\/\">launched<\/a> an air and ground offensive in Ukraine in the early morning hours of February 24. The action followed 72 hours after Moscow announced its choice to formally <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1407581\">recognize<\/a> two Russian-backed breakaway states in Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donbass territory. China\u2019s government has not denounced the action. While the governments of the U.S. and the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/25\/business\/list-global-sanctions-russia-ukraine-war-intl-hnk\/index.html\">announced<\/a> the imposition of financial sanctions against Russia on Thursday in response to its invasion of Ukraine, Beijing chose to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202202\/1253110.shtml\">lift<\/a> all remaining import sanctions on Russian wheat. The decision essentially paves the way for Moscow to continue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloombergquint.com\/global-economics\/big-win-for-russian-wheat-as-china-further-opens-its-market\">generating<\/a> income despite the Western sanctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese nationals in Kyiv, Ukraine\u2019s national capital, are facing heightened \u201csecurity risks\u201d amid Russia\u2019s military invasion of Ukraine this week, China\u2019s state-run Global Times reported\u00a0Thursday. The Chinese Embassy in Kyiv<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1343703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}