The missive comes amid rising tensions between the West and what foreign policy experts have described as the “revisionist powers” of China, Russia, and Iran, whose grand strategies are based on chipping away at and frustrating US power across the world.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/03/23/republican-lawmakers-urge-european-union-to-designate-iran-revolutionary-guard-as-terror-group/

The missive, which was swiftly rebuked by Western leaders as unserious, was essentially a formal pronouncement of Beijing's posture that the U.S. and European allies are failing to "prevent the crisis from deteriorating further."

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/china-calls-for-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-as-neutrality-claims-questioned/article_d9c62ee2-a5ff-5623-acbc-b1ac083ae55f.html