For Xi Jinping, the events in Ukraine won’t fundamentally alter China's grand historical ascent.
People's Liberation Army soldiers at a military parade marking the 70th Anniversary of Victory Day. 9th May 2015. Credit: Presidential Press and Information Office via Wikimedia Commons
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, two views quickly emerged in the West about what lesson China would take from the war. The first suggested that NATO’s failure to deter Russia – or to defend Ukraine directly – would inspire China to advance the timetable for a planned invasion of Taiwan, or even to capitalize on the chaos brought about by the war to attack the island immediately. But after Russia’s military ran into significant and unexpected challenges early on,
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