China’s Strategic Ambitions and Ukraine: A Balancing Act Amidst Global Shifts

Forging a balanced relationship with China is vital to Ukraine’s economic recovery

28 August 2024

Valeriia Novak

Future of Ukraine Fellow

Ukraine hopes to build a strategic relationship with China by carefully balancing economic collaboration and diplomatic nuances.

Beijing’s primary objective, set by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is ensuring “regime security.” To ensure the stability of China’s existing political system, it has to keep up with its economic development and provide welfare prospects. Above all, Beijing enshrines its sovereignty regarding foreign actors’ non-interference in China’s domestic affairs.

For years, China’s foreign policy aimed to avoid international tensions. However, as China’s economy strengthened and established more connections with other countries, the goal of forming its strategic narratives on the global stage began to take shape. Under Xi Jinping’s leadership, Beijing shifted from trying to explain and defend China’s positions within a Western-centric international discourse to actively reshaping that discourse in line with Chinese values and perspectives​​. Xi Jinping’s leadership is characterised by a vision of transforming China into a global power, an objective of consolidating single-man control of the party and the country since the 19th Party Congress in October 2017.

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Valeriia Novak

Future of Ukraine Fellow

Future of Ukraine Fellow 2024 at Visegrad Insight. She was born in Crimea, Ukraine, and is currently based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She brings over nine years of experience in the public sector, including roles in the Verkhovna Rada, Ministry of Justice, and various NGOs. Valeriia completed the Schuman Traineeship at the EU Parliament and is a recipient of the FCDO Scholarship for a post-graduate course in strategic communication. Currently, she serves as the Program Manager for the USAID RANG Programme, an organisation dedicated to supporting the Ukrainian parliament in becoming more people-oriented and enhancing the legislative process. Valeriia’s goal is to assist Ukrainian institutions on their path toward EU integration. Her primary areas of interest are governance and the rule of law.

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