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A new wave of covid-19. the worst since wuhan 2020. economic blow back from the war in ukraine is the last thing beijing can afford. american officials have warned china will pay a price if it circumvents sanctions to help russia. or helps militarily. >> china has to make a decision for the themselves about where they want to stand. and how they want the history books to look at them and view their actions. and that is the decision for president xi and chinese to make. >> president biden right n...

Leverage with moscow and that very close personal relationship between xi jinping and putin. there is little indication china is doing anything to persuade the russians to stop this increasingly bloody war which of course beijing still refuses to call a russian invasion. now, the only -- the most active part china seem to be doing is parroting a lot of the talking points from the kremlin and to be part of that propaganda as some would eye even say disinformation campaign initiated by russia. tha...

And solving the geopolitical crisis. >> so neither leaning towards russia, nor leaning towards ukraine. and instead, try to present itself as a neutral-third party. >> reporter: as chinas economy takes hits from a new wave of covid-19, the worse since wuhan 2020, economic blowback from the war in ukraine is the last thing beijing can afford. american officials have warned that china will pay a price if it does circumvent sanctions to do business with russia or helps putin militarily. >> china ha...

International stage as a peacemaker, as an honest broker. but while internally inside china and also to russia, maintaining this no-limits partnership with its ally moscow. now ahead of this upcoming phone call between xi jinping and u.s. president joe biden, weve been monitoring chinese state-run media. they say in this phone call, that they expect the two leaders to exchange views on areas of common interests. but according to the white house, they will be discussing how to manage competition ...

Chinese state media. but it did release this quote from mr. xi. the world is neebither peaceful nor tranquil. the ukraine crisis is something we dont want to see. could that mean he wants to be a peacemaker in this conflict? that is a question. phil mattingly takes a look. >> reporter: theres been probable and increasingly public concern raised by u.s. officials about potential chinese actions to aid russia either through economic or military support, so much so that the issue was raised to the ...

Has been doing or not doing a lot of experts say they dont seem to be serious about being impartial or playing a role of peacemaker. at least for now. >> all right. see how that develops. thanks very much. thatll do it for me in lviv. ill turn it over to my colleague in atlanta. thank you so much. appreciate it. just ahead, we will continue to follow all the breaking developments out of ukraine. russia is stepping up air attacks. even as a u.s. official says its ground remain largely stalled...

Leaders are trying to position themselves as well in some ways blaming nato for precipitating the conflict. china now wants to be seen as a peacemaker and certainly not as a country aiding in the tragedy. >> i listened very carefully to everything the chinese ambassador to the united nations says. ive never heard him say anything directly supportive of china, im sorry, of russia, nor do every year the chinese ambassador say anything condemning of russia, but if youre waiting for something positi...

The kremlin-led propaganda and some would say disinformation campaign. thats why at this stage a lot of analysts say based on what china has been doing or not doing, they just dont seem to be serious of being impartial or trying to play the role of peacemaker. hala. >> all right. thats interesting. thanks very much, steven jiang. from the very start, russias tactics in this war have been internationally condemned. coming up, the long list of violations that human rights watch is documenting ev...

Media but did release this quote from chinese president xi jinping. the world is neither peaceful or tranquil. the ukraine crisis is something we dont want to see, so many are asking could that mean he wants to be a peacemaker in the conflict? well, phil mattingly takes a look. >> reporter: theres been palpable and increasingly public concern raised by u.s. officials about potential chinese actions to aid russia either economically or military support, so much so the issue was raised to the abso...

Tries to present itself as a mutual party. >> reporter: as china takes new hits from covid-19, the worst since wu han, 2020. this is the last thing china can afortt. the u.s. has warned that china will pay a princess if it does help putin with the sanctions or militarily. >> china has to make a decision for themselves about where they want to stand and how they want the history books to look at them and view their actions. and that is a decision for president xi and the chinese to make. >> presi...