CIA National Intelligence Estimates on the Cross-Strait and Sino-Russian Relations
... European continent. The CIA analysis thus lays the foundations for the Chinese strategy regarding the non-recognition of Kosovo ( de jure a part of Serbia before partial recognition in 2008) to weaken the West, and at the same time the non-recognition of Abkhazia, Transnistria, South Ossetia to weaken Russian, and the non-recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh to weaken Armenia. Beijing's policy in Europe regarding de facto and partially recognized states will have consequences for the recognition of Taiwan and vice versa . In this sense, the CIA underlines ...