China's initial response to the Bucha massacre in Ukraine was cold and transactional—offering to condemn the massacre only in exchange for lifting US semiconductor export controls—demonstrating China's pragmatic, self-interested approach to major geopolitical events.

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Speaker

David Rennie

Evidence Quote

the day after the BHA massacre that suburb of Kev you all remember very early on going to see the foreign ministry for abolicking and the the BHA our call for China to condemn this came up and they said if we condemned the BHA massacre would you lift the controls on semiconductors

Source

The Challenge of ChinaThe Aspen Institute
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:26:02 AM

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