Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Chinese leaders and government officials have worked hard to keep themselves out of the limelight.
Sure, Beijing aired the occasional warnings about the danger to global security and occasionally called for restoration of peace. But beyond such generalities, China’s silence in this war remained deafening.
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