at the national people's congress, china's annual rubber stamp parliament beijing hike. this year's defense spending by 7 point one percent. while the ukraine crisis is putting pressure on china, beijing's priorities like closer to home with taiwan. joining us in the studio is clifford coon and who filed that report? a clifford? oh, what qualifies china? to be a peacemaker and all of this? well, on the surface you would think it would be a good candidate. i'm in the, it's got good relations with both ukraine and russia. and both countries were china's well up, china as their biggest trading partner had before this and, and they also have really close relations between she and couldn't. but as we've seen, maybe the relations are too close. and this is pretty much what disqualifies it as, as a peacemaker. it's basically, it's more about, in some ways what it's not doing that about what it's doing because it's, but by not voting, in favor of sanctioning russia and by not taking part in the sanctions. and there's a sort of herb, and it's basically enabling what russia is doi

pressed beijing to exert its influence on moscow. is the biden administration is not calling out china directly when it comes to its stance on russia read what u.s. officials believe china has -- russia. what are we expecting in terms of any suggestions of where beijing eventually lies on this topic? >> u.s. officials have confirmed anonymously to us that the white house is quite concerned about the close ties between moscow and beijing. while it is an opportunity to you elicit beijing's support and help, at the same time it can go the other direction. china likes to take a neutral stance on these things. china has yet to condemn and has given no indication they will condemn russia's war in ukraine. so the longer this goes, and if the rumors continue protesting -- persisting about possible military assistance, it takes the veneer off of the perception of neutrality by beijing and puts them in a very awkward situation. jake sullivan on the sunday talk shows, it is very interesting what he said. the u.s. believes china did know of the

steve, how closely do you think beijing is l how closely do you think beijing is watching this?e west will go when it comes to defending liberal democracy. what other lessons, do you think are being taken away from this? i lessons, do you think are being taken away from this?- taken away from this? i think bei'in: is taken away from this? i think beijing is watching _ taken away from this? i think beijing is watching the - taken away from this? i think| beijing is watching the events taken away from this? i think i beijing is watching the events in ukraine very, very carefully, and as you rightly point out about the western responses to the ukrainian crisis. if the west, the democracies led by the united states cannot deliver the promised damage to the russian economy by sanctions, the chinese government well know that when the chinese government use force against taiwan, western threats of sanctions would not amount to all that much. it is something that i think we have to be very careful about. steve, thank you so much forjoining us on the programme with your thoughts. it is t

beijing has a deteriorating relationship with europe and the united states, and if beijing goes far inijing is going to get blowback for that, which is like to this day we see beijing adopting a bit of a hedged position here. fascinating stuff there, jude blanchette. thank you so much for joining us on the programme. let's ta ke let's take a look now at some of the other stories in the headlines. nearly 200 countries have agreed to start negotiations on an international agreement to take action against pollution caused by plastic. the decision to draw up a global plastics treaty was made at a meeting of the un environment assembly in nairobi. it will look to set rules for the production, use and disposal of plastics. the bottom line is, we will eliminate plastic pollution from our environment, and that is critical. western australia has become the country's final state to re—open its borders, after closing them to prevent the spread of covid—19. vaccinated people can now travel there, for the first time since april 2020. one of hong kong's most prominent lawyers has left the territory

i ask people in beijing about the ukraine conflict.solution. talkin: is translation: piece is the solution. talking is what _ translation: piece is the solution. talking is what solves _ translation: piece is the solution. talking is what solves disputes, - talking is what solves disputes, peace, — talking is what solves disputes, peace, we — talking is what solves disputes, peace, we hope for peace. china's leaders are _ peace, we hope for peace. china's leaders are watching _ peace, we hope for peace. china's leaders are watching the - leaders are watching the ukraine war. they have their own motherland reunification ambitions, and have threatened to retake the self—governing island of taiwan by force if necessary. the western response to ukraine and the economic pain being felt by russia would be figuring in their culture nations. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal is in washington. after those talks between the us and china today, where do things stand now? intense and candid, that is w

a close relationship between beijing and moscow has prompted questions on how neutral beijing can be in that role. once bitter rivals, china and russia are now as close as frenemy can be the start of the winter olympics. and beijing last month saw she, jim ping and vladimir putin declare a new era, a no limits partnership backing each other over stand offs and ukraine and taiwan with a promise to collaborate more against the west. china likes to present itself as an honest broker and the conflict, but following the russian invasion, beijing has largely cited with its neighbour and clo security partner, russia. and rather than criticize moscow, the chinese government instead blames the u. s. for causing the crisis. he bought it, we hope all parties will work together with china to deescalate tensions, instead of adding fuel to the fire and promoted diplomatic solution. china will continue to play a constructive role in seeking and realizing piece our busher yahoo or union. she is a long time admirer of putin and the 2 autocratic leaders have formed a strong bond, chanted denies that i

this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: beijing.i ka-shing wrapping up the biggest political event of the year. this year, president xi jinping is expected to extend his leadership. >> there we go. just giving you the headlines. indeed, an ambitious growth target of 5.5%. beijing may have to rely on fiscal and monetary levers to achieve economic stability, it's priority. -- its priority. steve, what about it? >> they talk about economics. the premier is in charge of the economy. questions are along those lines. ukraine is the backdrop. it will be interesting to see what questions on ukraine were vetted before hand and asked that li ka-shing. in most environments, that would dominate, the position on russia's invasion of ukraine, given pre-olympics xi jinping and vladimir putin had that no-limit statement regarding the relationship. so most questions of will be about the economy is a various levels of detail, including how they will assess that 5.5% gdp growth target, given the external growth environment, the price of oil, gas, whea

they need beijing's help perhaps in getting beijing to exert its influence. excuse me, on moscow. and also to adhere to global sanctions. that's going to be a tricky one because at least publicly -- so this meeting between the top diplomats in china and a top official in the politburo meeting with jake sullivan in rome -- manus: we are going to let you grab a glass of water, as you say, setting the stage for major diplomatic negotiations between the chinese and the united states of america. we will be back to you hopefully very, very shortly. stephen engle in hong kong. let's get to the latest on the ground. fighting connected in the east and the south. we had shelling. how close was shelling to where you are? what is the state of play on the ground? >> from where i am at the border crossing, eight missile strikes hit the international peacekeeping and security center 20 kilometers over the border from where i am now. this is where before the war nato was working in cooperation with ukraine to train ukrainian troops at this location. nato has also said none of their soldiers were

and china, high-level talks and what moscow is asking of beijing. even in the imf head saying that the russian sovereign default is no longer improbable. that would have counted with the assessment that it will not trigger a global financial crisis. shery: to delve into what is happening between washington and beijing because they are set for the first and person talks on ukraine. russia seeks a military assistance from china, let us bring in stephen, and others. let me start with you, what can we expect between this meeting between russia and the u.s., u.s. and china when it comes to this dynamic? >> u.s. and china officials meeting, the highest level of diplomatic and person meeting since the war in ukraine began will be between the national out of the top diplomat. u.s. is trying to enlist china's support of the sanctions and put pressure on moscow to end the war in ukraine. press conferences with the premier of china, stopping short of condemning russia for the war. essentially, also saying that sanctions are only going to hurt the world economy

how far will beijing go in terms of offering support.beijing? actions. it has a deteriorating relationship with europe and the united states and if beijing goes far in supporting moscow or mitigating some of the effects of the sanctions, beijing is going to get blowback from that. which is why we see beijing adopting a bit of an edge position here. that was a china analyst at the centre of strategic and international studies speaking to me earlier. more anti—war protests have been taking place in russia. these pictures show a rest at a demonstration in saint petersburg. russia's claim down on any protests against its military action in ukraine with thousands detained since the start of the invasion. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. nearly 200 countries have agreed to start negotiations on an international agreement to take action against pollution caused by plastic. the decision to draw up a global plastics treaty was made at a meeting of the un environment assembly in nairobi. it will look to set rules for the p

barbara plett usher. thank— important to beijing.ell in beijing. how has china responded to these claims? well, asked about this report all these reports that moscow had asked beijing for military assistance in the ukraine war, the foreign ministry spokesman said today that this was fake news. we asked him for clarity several times did that mean there had been no request and what did he mean by fake news? he never gave a clear answer, though. the government here has been running this line that the us has to account for its biological weapons in ukraine and the foreign ministry spokesman again said today that these documents on the us embassy website in ukraine have been hastily removed, which relate to this bio—safety programme that the us has there, with ukrainian officials. i checkedit there, with ukrainian officials. i checked it today and the documents all seems to be there so we put it to the foreign ministry spokesman that they were all there and maybe this is a bit of smear on russia's part to say that such documents have been

we have heard a measured tone from beijing.hey've urged for peace on all sides and they have encouraged to foster diplomacy to halt the fighting. we have also been hearing potentially of an economic lifeline through the invasion of western sanctions or a provision of weapons. we had a meeting between two representatives but nothing firm came out of that. a lot of focus on this key focal. shery: the latest we are hearing from the pentagon is that vladimir putin could be making threats against other asian nations. that warning coming ahead of the call between joe biden and xi jinping. in the markets, they are breathing a sigh of relief as russia makes good on bond payments that were due on wednesday. let's get the details from jodi schneider. what can we expect from the phone call? >> the expectations are that joe biden will seek to get xi jinping to try to agree or to push him to give some assurances that they will try to help the u.s. and its allies to get russia out of ukraine. we have been hearing in recent days from chinese

asking beijing for weaponry. difficult position for it on top of that, it is the specter of soaring inflation, which is talking the world. the federal reserve is meeting on wednesday and it is key on that. this is bloomberg daybreak middle east is next. ♪ >> the following is a paid program. the opinions and views expressed do not reflect those of bloomberg lp, its affiliates or its employees. >> the following is a paid presentation furnished by rare collectibles tv, llc. >> the biggest numismatic event of the

then you as president donald trump, to beijing with great ceremony. the amal site may be lodged, but it's only half the cost of what's brewing in the american opt in china signs a $43000000000.00 meg, a contract for a liquid gas project in alaska, the u. s. is only arctic stacks. it's governor bill wauka had gone to plead becaise to trump a. he asked, what did he do? and i said, we need some help with the market. in about 2 weeks later i got a notification my office at present, she wanted to meet with me. we want sheep clean energy and sort of china. and so we can offer, you know, potentially a 100 years supply of, you know, of natural gas. our market for is asia because we're just much closer to asia and, and what we have, they need a 25 years off to buying a used icebreaker from ukraine. beijing now have the capacity to build its own the chalet long. lou plans for the construction of a nuclear icebreaker also in the way that this, that in january 2018 beijing presents a white paper on it's an arctic policy to the international press with beyond clim

those impacts come ahead of beijing at the u.s.'s talks.et the latest from stephen engle hong kong. what do we know about the impending eye level meeting between china and the u.s.? >> i think it is important to note that the white house as gone to great length not necessarily to callout china as specifically for its barely neutral stance for its -- specifically for its fairly neutral stance on the war in ukraine. they want to use that level on a moscow to influence boudin -- putin to end the war and to abide by and support those sanctions from the other states and other nations around the world. it is the first high-level, in person face to face meeting between the west and china. the top diplomat of china, he is a senior member and jake sullivan, the national security advisor, it will be meeting today, monday, in rome. the three top agendas will be the war in ukraine and what china can do to influence moscow, if at all. china has been reluctant to condemn the war in ukraine. they have stated that they respect ukrainian sovereignty and the

you are like beijing or, i would argue, worse than beijing.ight now, still better because the firewall is not fully enforced. but i think it is inevitable that it will be. >> do you think that will look like -- just a follow-up -- that will lead to more media companies having more challenges, so to speak, and perhaps doing -- they moved the asia headquarters. >> look, you will have correspondence there. it would be interesting to know, you know, somebody with a permanent residence card in hong kong that they did not want to let in if they would let in as a media worker. i am sure many of us on this call either fall into this category or know people who would. but, you know, the prognosis is not good. it could be people cover beijing and shanghai. hong kong will be a minor place. maybe it is like a monaco where a lot of rich chinese come and it is a nicer lifestyle and the mountains are nice, go out on your junk on the weekends, the apartments are nice, the tax rate is low and that is it. but what is happening in monaco? i don't know how big th

but it's in corona, sweden, the beijing makes a great stride forward. in 2013 china is accepted as an observer within the council. this is an informal club led by the 8 arctic countries which aims to promote cooperation amongst the states and address environmental and development issues. china's former ambassador, the iceland gene gin says the government was grateful for i from help. turner became accredited. august are the in the year 2013. i'm just, we actually got support are quite a number of countries including iceland, which it, we quite appreciate. china has grown to the point where we simply can't close it out of the arctic and that if china is ah denied some kind of role in the art to counsel, it will simply treat that as a roadblock to be routed around. ah, but members like russia and the u. s. had reservations about granting china observe the status of that time. i notice the of the awesome says be say about the what does kind of want the and the antique and also the tiny is a commune. these kind o meant tiny threat mentality. i'm pleased to

more from steven mcdonnell in beijing.orter: ask about the reports for military assistance for the invasion in ukraine, he said that recently the u.s. had been coming up with various theories to smear china. he described it as fake information, fake news, and yet china is also being accused of spreading its own misinformation. we had the foreign ministry spokesman again speaking about what was described by many as conspiracy theories that the u.s. has a sort of bio weapons program, campaign system in ukraine. the u.s. has said there are no bio weapons that we have in ukraine. this is a biosafety program we have with locals to make sure there's not an accident and this type of thing. so we have washington and beijing using this war to attack one another. beijing with that very dferent line and walking through a minefield, on one hand saying it's an independent player here and coul even be an intermediary for the war in ukraine, but it every turn, attempting to use this invasion as a way of attacking the u.s. and improving i

beijing denies this. the u.s.ays china could face global isolation. >> should they provide military or other assistance, that of course violates sanctions or supports the war effort that there will be significant consequences. in terms of what the specifics look like, we would coordinate with partners and allies to make that determination. anchor: the u.n. secretary general has warned of what he called a hurricane of hunger in the war in ukraine. >> ukraine alone provides more than half of the world's food programs with supply. food, fuel and fertilizer prices are skyrocketing. supply chains are being disrupted. and the costs and delays of transportation of imported goods , when available, are at record levels. in all of this is hitting the poorest the hardest. anchor: in other news, peru's congress has approved the start of impeachment proceedings against president pedro casteel. the opposition led congress voted 76 to 41 in favor of starting the political trial. castillo is facing allegations of corruption's, bu

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.hina have held talks that lasted for seven hours and were described as intense. i'm joined now by richard mcgregor, senior fellow for east asia at the lowy institute, who's in sydney. he has been watching the latest development. great to get you on the programme. these talks coming as the us has made these claims about the relationship between china and russia getting stronger. what do you make of these claims? weill. russia getting stronger. what do you make of these claims?— make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. _ make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. we _ make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. we don't - make of these claims? well, it's very interesting. we don't know| make of these claims? well, it's i very interesting. we don't know of course whether they're true. us intelligence has been accurate. i don't want to sound naive. it's quite possible. russia and china signed a quote on quote no limits partnership. russia may have decided to hold c

he has more from fabi on gretsch bye in beijing. you flat him in putin. he's a formula, one driver and an ice hockey champion. how formidable the captain wreaths, social media, and china's filled with videos like this, idolizing the russian president, wilson and in state media coverage of the war almost exclusively shows sympathy for moscow. it's also emphasized humanitarian aid that russia said to have distributed to ukraine. but very little focus on russian aggression and the targeting of civilians. the bias reporting has meant huge support for proteins action among the chinese people to gum wigwam. the u. s. has a lot of weapons in ukraine and the weapons in ukraine are a threat to russia. russia wants to destroy their military equipment. i think it's the right decision. awesome guy, sir. my personal opinion. it's the fault of both sides. but what fault exactly? as an ordinary person, i cannot really understand exactly that. it opens claret sauers with the atlantic council. it's digital forensic research lab and specializes in analyzing propaganda and

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.er interrupts the nightly news, we ask what is the level of russian dissent in a country at war? today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision — all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats. of the west, offering i reunification as quickly as possible, and that's. what the voters wanted. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: in russia — the main evening news on the country's flagship channel one was disrupted by a protest against the war on ukraine. highly unusual, in any case. a woman employee ran behind the newsreader, carrying a sign with the text: "no war. don't believe the propaganda. they are lying to you her

um, what is the corporate situation in beijing? yet the capital is not as strong the affected as many other cities in china, but the situation became noticeably more tense. they are basically 2 big changes. one is said, the am q in front of the testing stations and became much longer a one of those testing stations you can see in the back they just stopped operating for today. and the 2nd big change is that the number of residential compounds that have been put under lockdown is also increasing. and those m locked downs within the city mean that am yeah, residential compounds are sealed off this. no, a going out any more, at least for one week or often 2 weeks. and then during those time there are many rounds of p. c artists. however, that being said, m drink, most parts of the city, life goes honest. normally our restaurants are open. even bossa open, so it's really a very interesting situation right now from this is a city that's really been of the heart of china, 0 covered strategy that of immediately locking down arrows and tes

andy, more can beijing let me sot with you, please. as katrina said there in our report, the call between president biden and president, she doesn't seem to have changed anything in either leaders or either countries position. but you believe that this was a significant and important call. why is that? i do believe this was an important call. i think. first of all, the framing and the western media really is misleading and really are being nothing more than due to force. the nog refers for the u. s. government. if you read the sing, read out of the call, it makes 3 points. the 1st that both presidents thought the cause constructive. the 2nd way, which is the most important one, is that both presidents will instruct their people to take concrete actions to ensure that the tiny us relationship is back on the right track. and finally, the issue that is urgent and consuming the attention of the world is that both sides also agree that proper measures need to be taken to resolve the ukrainian crisis. and i think it's the 2nd point that's re

so both washington and beijing are using this war if you like to attack one another and beijing is treadingough a minefield. 0n the one hand saying it is an independent player and could even be an intermediary for the war in ukraine but at every turn attempting to use this invasion is a way of attacking the us and improving its position on the world stage. improving its position on the world staue. �* ., ., ~ ., stage. and going to washington, intelligence _ stage. and going to washington, intelligence about _ stage. and going to washington, intelligence about russia - stage. and going to washington, intelligence about russia asking | intelligence about russia asking china for military help came from us intelligence. we've had talks today between the us and china so where do things stand now?— things stand now? well america to siml things stand now? well america to simply does _ things stand now? well america to simply does not — things stand now? well america to simply does not believe _ things stand now? well america to simply does not believe china. - things stand now? well america to si

you're you're like beijing or i would argue, you know in some respects. you're worse in beijing right now still better because the firewall is is, you know, not really, you know fully enforced but i i think it's inevitable that it will be. and you think that will play just follow up on that that will lead to more media companies having more challenges. so to speak there and perhaps doing what the new york times has done by moving. well, they move their asia headquarters to just yeah, it's just so look you'll have correspondence there. i mean it would be interesting, you know, it'd be interesting to know if i you know somebody with a permanent residence card in hong kong who was who they didn't want to let in if they would still let them in as a media worker. i mean, yeah, i'm sure many of us on this call would or you know, either fall into this category or know people who would um, but you know, i mean, obviously the prognosis isn't good. yeah, but it could be that basically people just cover beijing in shanghai. i mean hong kong will just be sort of a mi

here in beijing, it is snowing, winter, - beijing, it is snowing, winter, preparations are under wayons are under way for china leader xijinping to preparations are under way for china leader xi jinping to speak tojoe biden in the coming hours. to give you an idea of how important the discussion is likely to be, this is the most important media in this country in terms of the communist party delivering messages to people. this is the front page, across the front page, we have an announcement regarding these talks between xi jinping and joe biden. we are expecting them of course to be talking about the ukraine crisis, the americans have said as much, it is on the table as a topic. the tensions on this front will be washington and beijing are fighting an information war, a proxy information war over what is happening in ukraine. when we hear that the russians have asked china for military assistance, that has come from the us. and on the chinese side, these allegations that the americans have secret weapons bases inside ukraine, biological weapons bases, that is beijing essentially del

the close relationship between beijing and moscow has prompted questions on how neutral beijing can be in that role. once bitter rivals, china and russia are now as close as frenemy can be the start of the winter olympics and beijing last month. so she, jim ping and vladimir putin declare a new era, a no limits partnership backing each other over stand offs and ukraine and taiwan with a promise to collaborate more against the west. china likes to present itself as an honest broker and the conflict. but following the russian invasion, beijing has largely cited with its neighbour and close security partner russia. and rather than criticize moscow, the chinese government instead blames the u. s. for causing the crisis. here are we, we hope all parties will work together with china to deescalate tensions, instead of adding fuel to the fire and promoted diplomatic solution. china will continue to play a constructive role in seeking and realizing piece, arbiter, yahoo union. she is a long time admirer of putin and the 2 autocratic leaders have formed a strong bond. johnny denies that it knew

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.ions between russia and china are getting stronger. what should we make of these reports? richard mcgregor is a senior fellow for east asia at the lowy institute. it's very interesting. we don't know, of course, whether they're true. us intelligence has been accurate. i doubt the us would've made this up. i don't want to sound naive. it's quite possible. russia and china signed a quote unquote no limits partnership. russia may have decided to hold china's feet to the fire by making a very difficult request of them for military equipment or help. absolutely, and that brings me to the sort of speculation that i've seen out there that this really wouldn't be in china's interests to help russia out. interests to help russia out, given that global stability is what china typically wants because it helps keep the global economy stable. well, that's true. we don't want to think that we can judge china's interests better than they can. what we think is their interest may not be what they think

s. warrens china not to support russia's military actions in ukraine, but beijing says it won't bout us pressure. moscow and chip struggle to come to an agreement on key issues over resolving the ukraine conflict. that as fighting continues with reports of civilian casualties and destruction of residential areas. british media regulator off. com revokes our teeth broadcasting license and citing the conflict. any crane and the networks, quote, relationship with the russian federation or the fed to watch dogs move was politically motivated. ah, broadcasting live direct, more studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us now we start with the latest developments in the ukraine conflict. vladimir putin emphasized, in a phone call with french presidential manual micron on friday, that russia is doing everything. it tend to ensure the safety of civilians in ukraine, particularly by providing evacuation roots now put and also accused nationalist ukrainian forces of having committed war crimes in the dumbass, an issue he mentioned in a c

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xi said beijing was not planning to back the kremlin in its war. germany and qatar say they've reached a deal on gas supplies as berlin eks to lessen its dependency on russian energy imports. this comes as reports out of washington say the biden administration transferred a large number of patriot antimissile interceptors to saudi abia irecenteeks, as the u.s. pressures riyadh to up -- pump more oil. in china, a passenger jet with 132 people aboard has crashed near the southern city of wuzhou in guangxi province. state media reports rescue crews were dispatched after thplane crashed in a remote mountainous region, producing a massive fireball. harrowing footage posted to social media aears to show the jet plummeting vertically towards the ground just moments before impact. a flight-tracking website identified the plane as a boeing 737-800, which has an excellent safety record. china reported two covid deaths in the northeastern city of jilin saturday, the country's first coronavirus fatalities since january of last year. jilin, home to some 4.5 mil

britain's hopes of the perfect ending in beijing didn't realise.inishing with a total of six medals. the team of this games has been ukraine. simply getting to beijing was a miracle, but gold in the cross country meant they finished a remarkable second in the medals table. president zelensky said the team had shown the world what strength ukrainians have. the war has overshadowed these games but as they drew to a close, the head of the paralympics described the athletes a champions piece. humankind hopes to live in a world of where dialogue prevails. 0ur movement, the paralympic movement hopes are world leaders be inspired by the actions of paralympians. find by the actions of paralympians. and with that, beijing's flame was finally extinguished. a colourful ending to a

no matter what all right was going to bring in our guess in beijing. andy mom, senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization in brussels. theresa fallon, director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies and in alexandria, virginia. hi, no clink. a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia. a warm welcome to you. all, and thanks for joining us today on inside story teresa, let me start with you today. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukraine? is this something that's within the realm of possibility? well, after all, today is day 19. we haven't seen china actually condemn russia's invasion of ukraine at all. so i think that there as high representative, joseph of the european union had reached out and said that china was the only country that could possibly do some mediation. but i haven't seen too many moves on china's part, but of course everyone wants to diplomatic and to this disaster. but i think that what's more telling is what happened on february 4th, with the joint agreement that was

the statements, though, from beijing, on the surface don't - from beijing, on the surface don't seemoncern do you think that is? i think both statements from beijing and dc indicate that the team, the china team and the us team are going to do a lot of follow—ups. i think the fact that both sides have acknowledged that indicates that they probably have discussed a lot more detail action plans that they are going to do. so, on the surface, obviously china once the us to hear what its concerns are and us wants china to look at the serious consequences if they are going to get closer to russia, but overall i think this is a very positive development that china can play an active role, and particularly in working with the us and european counterparts to bring this to an end. . , , counterparts to bring this to an end. ., , , ., counterparts to bring this to an end. ., ,, end. there has been that assessment, that theory that _ end. there has been that assessment, that theory that anything _ end. there has been that assessment, that theory that anything that - that theory that anything tha