In February, Chinese officials floated the idea of Xi Jinping hosting a peace summit with President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Team Trump wisely rejected Xi as an intermediary, given the growing military and economic alliance between Moscow and Beijing.

Anton Hanotskyi, a renowned expert on the Asia-Pacific region at the ADASTA think tank, provided further insights into the matter during an interview with Radio NV on July 9, shedding light on the intricate spy network operated by the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its potential links to Russia NV: It seems to me that this is a very serious

Beijing said it was verifying information on a Chinese father and son who were detained by Ukraine for allegedly spying on its prized Neptune

At the centre of it all is a little-known Pentagon official: Elbridge Colby, a national security policy chief, who reportedly halted supplies because US stockpiles were running low.

China has adopted a policy of strategic ambiguity towards the conflict in Ukraine, allowing Beijing to support Russia while avoiding a direct confrontation with the West. China has played a balancing game throughout more than three years of the war in Ukraine.

China’s foreign minister touted the three-year war as keeping the US focused on Ukraine, claiming that if the war were to end, Washington would start putting its full attention in the

China cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine, Beijing’s foreign minister has said, in unguarded comments to European officials.

The US president overruled the Pentagon's order to pause missile deliveries after realising a Russian victory could embolden Beijing over Taiwan.