Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?

Hey Joe, give Li a chance. After all, even Volodymyr is reported to have "cautiously welcomed China's peace plan."

But you, Joe, appear to have dismissed the idea of China negotiating the outcome of the war was “just not rational”[1].

In the meantime, Ukrainian President, Mr Zelenskiy has been reported to have said at a press conference in Kyiv to mark yesterday's first anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale attack, that he “wanted to believe” Beijing was interested in a “fair peace”. That meant not “supplying weapons to Russia”, he said, adding: “I’m doing my best to prevent that from happening. This is priority number one.”[2]

Surely Volodymyr is wise to explore all possibilities[3]? Perhaps Beijing could introduce a scintilla of even-handedness[4].?

Of course the US has a great history of brokering peace in war torn areas of the Globe.

​Hey Joe, I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand? Let's give peace a chance, why don't we?

Endnotes:

1. Reported in The Guardian today.
2. ​Ibid
3. ​BBC yesterday
4. ​Some useful background from Anatol Lieven here