China's top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, state media reported Sunday, becoming the highest-ranking Communist Party politician to travel to the country since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Relations between the giant neighbors haven’t always been easy. But locals in northeast China have no doubt over whose team they’re on when it comes to Ukraine.
China is not likely to act as a security guarantor for Ukraine, diplomatic observers said after a telephone conversation between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Ukrainian counterpart.