{"id":2455963,"date":"2025-07-05T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-needs-russia-fighting-in-ukraine-so-conflict-keeps-trump-occupied-report\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T20:08:09","slug":"china-needs-russia-fighting-in-ukraine-so-conflict-keeps-trump-occupied-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-needs-russia-fighting-in-ukraine-so-conflict-keeps-trump-occupied-report\/","title":{"rendered":"China Needs Russia Fighting in Ukraine So Conflict Keeps Trump Occupied: Report"},"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\">24<\/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-needs-russia-fighting-in-ukraine-so-conflict-keeps-trump-occupied-report%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=2455963&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>A recent report from the South China Morning Post highlights a conversation between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and EU diplomat Kaja Kallas,where Wang suggested that China needs Russia to continue its fight in Ukraine to distract the U.S. from focusing on China. This statement reflects Beijing&#8217;s strategy amidst ongoing tensions with Washington, while contradicting its public stance of neutrality regarding the war. even though Wang emphasized that China is not materially supporting Russia, he insinuated that a Russian defeat would redirect U.S. attention toward issues concerning China, such as Taiwan. Kallas responded by urging China to cease any support for Russia&#8217;s military as it poses a threat to European security. The dialog, characterized as tense yet respectful, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-delays-biden-opm-nominees-confirmation-over-support-of-abortion-and-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"Senate GOP delays Biden OPM nominee\u2019s confirmation over ... of abortion and Critical Race Theory\">reportedly raised concerns<\/a> about future meetings between EU and Chinese officials, especially as the EU relies on China for essential materials.the exchange emphasizes the complexities of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >geopolitical interests amid ongoing global conflicts<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A top Chinese diplomat told his European counterpart that his country needs Russia to keep fighting in Ukraine to distract the United States from focusing on Beijing, Hong Kong&rsquo;s paper of record reported last week.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Friday report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3316875\/china-tells-eu-it-cannot-afford-russian-loss-ukraine-war-sources-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South China Morning Post<\/a>, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks on Wednesday in a conversation with Kaja Kallas, the EU&rsquo;s top diplomat.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks, the SCMP noted, &ldquo;confirm what many in Brussels believe to be Beijing&rsquo;s position but jar with China&rsquo;s public utterances.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The foreign ministry regularly says China is &lsquo;not a party&rsquo; to the war. Some EU officials involved were surprised by the frankness of Wang&rsquo;s remarks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, the diplomat said that Beijing was not materially supporting the Russian war machine, either through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iran-china-team-concerning-missile-move-amid-nuclear-negotiations-us-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diplomatic<\/a> or military assistance.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>If it had been doing so, Wang said, the conflict would already ended.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes on the heels of a Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admin-halts-missile-shipments-ukraine-move-put-americas-interests-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision to freeze shipments<\/a> of some munitions and missiles to Ukraine because U.S. stockpiles are getting low.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange came in what the SCMP described as &ldquo;a marathon four-hour debate&rdquo; between Wang and Kallas, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> of Estonia who became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/european-union-considers-using-nuclear-option-member-nation-banned-lgbt-pride-parades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Union&rsquo;s<\/a> high representative for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>Wang, the outlet said, gave Kallas &ldquo;history lessons and lectures&rdquo; during the session.<\/p>\n<p>The major takeaway from the t&ecirc;te-&agrave;-t&ecirc;te <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/european-union-considers-using-nuclear-option-member-nation-banned-lgbt-pride-parades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Brussels<\/a>, however, is that China views the United States under President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration as a threat &mdash; and believes that it&rsquo;ll focus its attention on its designs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chinas-invasion-barges-seen-operating-shocking-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwan<\/a> and territory on the South China Sea if Ukraine and Russia settle their differences.<\/p>\n<p>The diplomatic conversation on Wednesday was part of a wider discussion between the EU and China regarding what the bloc regards as China&rsquo;s support of Russia via dual-use items.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing, on the other hand, has portrayed itself as even-handed and a potential peace-broker between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-gave-zelenskyy-friendly-reality-check-ukraine-war-talk-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyiv<\/a> and Moscow if one is needed. However, Xi&rsquo;s regime has refused to condemn Moscow for the 2022 invasion or its continuance of the war.<\/p>\n<p>The SCMP said that &ldquo;[t]he tone of Wednesday&rsquo;s dialogue was said to be respectful, if tense.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nonetheless, some insiders were surprised by the harshness of Wang&rsquo;s message, just three weeks out from an important leaders&rsquo; summit in China. Any appearance of a charm offensive is seen to have evaporated,&rdquo; the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kallas issued a statement which called upon Beijing &ldquo;to immediately cease all material support that sustains Russia&rsquo;s military industrial complex,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/03\/world-news\/china-cannot-allow-russia-to-lose-ukraine-war-foreign-minister-tells-eu-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kallas also said that the talk &ldquo;highlighted the serious threat Chinese companies&rsquo; support for Russia&rsquo;s illegal war poses to European security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, much like much of the world, the EU is in the tough position of having much of its rare earth minerals &mdash; necessary for consumer goods like computers, smartphones and EVs, as well as for defense and energy applications &mdash; supplied by China.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has placed export restrictions on seven of those materials &mdash; samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium among them. The EU is demanding that China take the restrictions off.<\/p>\n<p>Given the frankness and tone of the encounter, EU officials don&rsquo;t see much hope for an upcoming meeting between the bloc and Chinese officialdom.<\/p>\n<p>&rdquo; The view in Brussels is that the gruelling encounter &ndash; interrupted by a dinner of stuffed chicken, sweet potato mousse and cheesecake &ndash; does not bode well for the summit on July 24 and 25 in Beijing and Anhui province,&rdquo; the SCMP reported. &ldquo;The main hope for concrete deliverables is on the climate front.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As for the Trump administration, most of its focus on China-centric issues has involved trade. On Thursday, the United States and China <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/03\/business\/us-china-chip-software-curbs-lifted-intl-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reached an agreement<\/a> in London to lift software and chip exports to the Chinese in exchange for Beijing&rsquo;s agreement, during talks in June, to restart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-confirms-deal-china-done-reveals-key-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exports of rare earths<\/a> to the United States.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The report detailed comments made by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a conversation with Kaja Kallas, the EU&#8217;s chief diplomat. This statement aligns with what many in Brussels perceive as China&#8217;s stance but contrasts with its public declarations of neutrality regarding the war. While some EU officials were taken aback by Wang&#8217;s candidness, he clarified that China is not providing significant support to Russia&#8217;s military efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2455964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/zelenskyy-and-trump-for-july-5-2025.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4501,4280,3634,6991],"class_list":["post-2455963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-china","tag-russia","tag-trump","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/zelenskyy-and-trump-for-july-5-2025.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455963","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=2455963"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455967,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455963\/revisions\/2455967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}