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• Beijing will deepen ties with Russia next year, China’s foreign minister signals

  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also blamed the U.S. for the deterioration in relations between the world's two largest economies.

  World

  Dec 25, 2022
  
• China’s Xi expected to discuss Ukraine with Putin in 1st foreign trip since COVID

  Xi and Putin plan to hold a one-on-one meeting and discuss Ukraine, according to the Russian president's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov.

  Politics

  Sep 14, 2022
  
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• China to send troops to Russia for joint military exercise

  China's participation in the joint exercises is "unrelated to the current international and regional situation," the defence ministry said in a statement.

  World

  Aug 17, 2022
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• China could face sanctions if it supports Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. says

  Sanctions imposed on Russia should give China a "good understanding" of the consequences it could face if it provides material support to Moscow, the U.S. says.

  World

  Apr 6, 2022
• Bucha killings ‘deeply disturbing’ but cause ‘must be verified,’ China says

  China has called for peace talks while refusing to criticize Russia for invading Ukraine on Feb. 24, and it opposes economic sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West.

  World

  Apr 6, 2022
• China deflects pressure for tough stance against Russia, tells EU it will seek peace in ‘own way’

  China is forging closer energy, trade and security ties with Moscow, positioning itself as a global force that can stand up to the United States.

  World

  Apr 1, 2022
• China, Russia ‘more determined’ to strengthen ties, Beijing says

  Moscow and Beijing are "more determined" to develop bilateral ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said following a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.

  World

  Mar 30, 2022
• Chinese oil giant Sinopec halts Russian projects amid West’s sanctions on Moscow

  The move by Asia's biggest oil refiner highlights the risks, even to Russia's most important diplomatic partner, of unexpectedly heavy Western-led sanctions.

  World

  Mar 28, 2022
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• Biden presses China’s Xi on Russian support in Ukraine war during video call

  White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden would question Xi about Beijing’s “rhetorical support” of Putin and an “absence of denunciation” of Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine.

  World

  Mar 18, 2022
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• Chinese military aid to Russia would strengthen invasion effort of Ukraine, experts say

  For decades Russia has aided China's dramatic military modernisation with weapons and technology - and now Beijing has plenty that Moscow needs as its Ukraine invasion continues.

  World

  Mar 17, 2022