Abstract
The article provides a new perspective for interpreting and criticising the reactions within the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, namely the Chinese conception of just war. By reviewing the formation of norms regarding armed conflicts in the writings of Mao Zedong, Zhao Tingyang, and Bai Tongdong, the article argues that there is a Chinese version of just war theory that is very different from the Western tradition regarding just cause and the resolution of conflicts. The article concludes that the PRC’s support for Russia could be very conditional, if not entirely impossible, from the perspective of Chinese just war theory.
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