bring russia to its senses . that s the message the french president emmanuel macron has delivered on thursday to the man who can, maybe, influence vladimir putin, the chinese leader xi jinping. applying pressure on ukraine isn t an an easy sell after years of worsening relations between the west and china, and president xi s recent visit to moscow. here s some of what president macron had to say. decades of peace in europe. i know i can count on you to bring russia to its senses and everyone to the negotiating table. but we need to find a lasting peace. that is to say, a peace that respects internationally recognised borders and avoids any form of escalation. what i meant to say was applying russia, not on ukraine. the president of the european commission is also in bejing with emmanuel macron in what s being framed by some as a good cop bad cop scenario. with ursula von der leyen taking the tough stance. we also count on china not to provide any military equipment dir
war in that region? it does not suit china to have a prolonged work on | china to have a prolonged work on a china to have a prolonged work on a china would like to see the war end. but china does not want to see russia lose. so china is an bit of a box. china i think will do what it can to try to help russia, help wind down the war, and china will not, i think, send additional material down where it s already sending to the russians because china does not want to incur western sanctions. china also very much wants russian oil. russia is very helpful to china. so i think it s going to be of bit of a status quo for a while, but china is going to do what it can, gingerly, lightly, behind the scenes, to try to get some sort of resolution but i don t see china undertaken a major don t see china undertaken a ma or effort. ~ . . , effort. what about president mcconnell effort. what about president mcconnell and effort. what about president mcconnell and his effort. what about president