Alicia Garcia Herrero is chief economist for Asia-Pacific at Natixis and a senior research fellow at Bruegel.
Beijing will support Moscow as long as it does not fall foul of Western sanctions


The Kremlin towers is reflected in a display of McDonald's on Mar 9, which temporarily close all of its restaurants in Russia: the massive actions taken by multinationals will probably bring China to a rethinking. © Getty Images
Alicia Garcia Herrero is chief economist for Asia-Pacific at Natixis and a senior research fellow at Bruegel.