Report: Biden admin gave China intelligence on Russia in bid for help — then China handed it off to Russia President Joe Biden's diplomatic strategy in Russia has been roundly criticized in recent days following Russian President Vladimir Putin's launch of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine over and against the U.S. president's wishes.
In the months preceding the invasion, Biden resolved to appeal to Putin's reason, urging him to "return to diplomacy" for the sake of Russia's "credibility worldwide." The strategy failed. Under threat of certain sanctions, but never military resistance, Putin went ahead with the unprovoked assault.
But Biden's mismanagement of the situation may have been worse than previously understood. According to an eye-opening new report from the New York Times published Friday, the Biden administration since late last year endeavored to enlist Chinese assistance, only to have its plan turned on its head.
Unnamed U.S. officials told the Times that over the past three months, senior administration officials arranged urgent meetings with Beijing during which they shared intelligence showing Russia's troop build-up on the Ukraine border in hopes that China would step in and tell Russia not to invade.
Each time, the officials said the Chinese rebuffed the Americans, playing coy about Russia's intentions — and at least one time, the Chinese turned around to hand over the intelligence to Moscow.
"After one diplomatic exchange in December, U.S. officials got intelligence showing Beijing had shared the information with Moscow, telling the Russians that the United States was trying to sow discord — and that China would not try to impede Russian plans and actions," the Times reported..............
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