The Chinese view on the Ukranian factor in the international policy

The relevance of the research topic is due to the current situation on the territory of Ukraine, which is characterized by extraordinary tension and confrontation between Russia and the countries of the collective West. The purpose of the study is to determine the Ukrainian factor in international policy and the position of the People’s Republic of China. This work is based on clerical, statistical and journalistic sources. This study is based on the theory of political realism, suggesting constant competition of states defending their national interests. In the process of research the author widely uses institutional, analytical and problem-chronological methods. The main conclusions of the study are the establishment of the main causes of the emergence of the Ukrainian crises, starting from the first years of independence of the state, the identification of Ukraine as an important outpost of the USA and its allies in the region of Eastern Europe, identifying the impact of the Ukrainian crisis of 2022 on international relations in general and specific countries, discovering the implementation of the process of transition from a unipolar world order led by the USA to a multipolar, identifying the reasons for non-interference in the conflict on the territory of Ukraine, which include the assessment of the northern Black Sea Region by the People’s Republic of China as a region meeting strictly economic interests, characterization of the special military operation as an aspect that forced the process of changing the geopolitical situation.