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Spotlight | China, Russia, Ukraine
Beijing, Moscow and Kyiv locked in secret negotiations

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui and Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Alexey Nikolsky/EPA/Sputnik/Kremlin pool

China was caught offguard by the Russian invasion of Ukraine but Beijing reacted quickly, looking at the war as an opportunity to explore new investment possibilities there and positioning itself as a key contact in Ukraine, while also reviving the idea of a possible armed intervention in Taiwan. [...]

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