Caught off guard by developments in Ukraine, Beijing could lose big

While President and commander-in-chief Xi Jinping is generally credited with boosting China’s global profile, chinks in the armor of China’s aggressive foreign policy have also become obvious. Supremo Xi was so wrapped up with the “strategic partnership” he put together with the disgraced president Viktor Yanukovych that he and his advisers were caught off guard by the dramatic developments in Kiev the past few months

 

Source - Chinese Military press office