Chinese media says US fuelling war between Ukraine, Russia

A Chinese state-run newspaper criticized the US on October 10 for "fanning the flames" of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

The Global Times published an op-ed titled "Russia-Ukraine conflict spirals up due to US' fanning flames," which criticized the US and questioned President Joe Biden's recent remarks about "Armageddon," Newsweek writes.

"The conflict itself seems to have gone from being a powder keg to becoming a nuclear reactor, due to certain forces which have been fanning war flames. Among them was US President Joe Biden's radical rhetoric of the so-called threat of Armageddon," the Global Times wrote. "Observers have thus been debating whether Biden was confused, reckless, or deliberate."

The Global Times editorial comes as China has continued to attempt to maintain a neutral role in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, while also criticizing the US and other Western nations involved in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Before Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the "special military operation" in Ukraine on February 24, the Kremlin leader met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where they both discussed a relationship with "no limits."

However, since the war between Russia and Ukraine began, China has continued to call for peace between the two nations. At the same time, China has also criticized the US, with People's Republic of China (PRC) Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian saying in April that the US and NATO are "the culprit and the leading instigator of the Ukraine crisis."

In response, the US and NATO have called for China to take a concrete stance against Russia.