Well then us Europeans are fucked regardless I guess.

> Beijing did not want to see a Russian loss in Ukraine because it feared the United States would then shift its whole focus to Beijing

How does this statement make sense though? I don't see the A -> B. The US pretty clearly does not want to see a Russian loss either, and seems more fine with Ukraine losing.

It should depends on how much the US wants Europe?

If the US does not want more of Europe, and Russia wins, the US could let Russia take over Europe -> focus shifts to China.

If the US wants more of Europe, and Russia wins -> focus would be off China.

If the US does not want more of Europe, and Russia loses -> it's mostly whatever, but perhaps focus shifts to China.

If the US wants more of Europe, and Russia loses -> focus would be off China.

Perhaps I'm just really daft.

Wang explicitly said that support for Russia in the war is about diverting the US focus from China. If the US shows it doesn't care about Ukraine's future (and Wang told the truth), then I doubt Chinas support will stay as is for long. At most it will be a bargain in the coming EU-China negotiations.

Then we just need to wait until the Ukraine situation is over in one way or another. China doesn't give a shit about Russia except as a (pathetic) counterweight to the US, I think. I mean they probably care about Russia's natural resources, too, but somebody is going to sell them, including to China, no matter what. It's the biggest thing that Russia has going for it economically (cf. the resource curse).

> The EU can't mend ties with China without giving up on Ukraine as China's FM Wang Yi has stated [0]

At the end of the day China cares more about Europe than Russia. Because that's where the real money is.