CIA National Intelligence Estimates on the Cross-Strait and Sino-Russian Relations
... diplomacy at the UN, bilateral relations with Moscow (Crimea, Transnistria, Abkhazia and South-Ossetia), Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh), and the West (Kosovo). The report also bears witness to the upcoming ambivalence of relations with Russia, which wants China to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia ( de jure independent according to Russia and de jure part of Georgia according to the West). On reading the CIA report, it is clear that Beijing will not vote in favour of diplomatic recognition of any de facto states in ...