The Chinese Communist Party would continue to support Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia in the event that it used tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, according to former Assistant Secretary of Defense Graham Allison.
“The answer is yes,” Allison said when asked if China would continue its support of Russia regardless of escalations by Putin.
“Even if it comes to Putin’s use of tactical nuclear weapons on a target in Ukraine.”
Allison, a professor at Harvard University, delivered the remarks as part of an April 19 lecture on the strategic situation between China, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States at the Institute for International and Strategic Studies, a security-focused think tank.
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