Sino-Russian efforts to de-escalate Middle East crisis
Sino-Russian efforts to de-escalate Middle East crisis. China has announced its readiness to continue contacts and coordination with Russia. China's special envoy to the Middle East, Chai Jun, met his Russian counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov in Doha on Thursday. China opposes and condemns all acts that harm civilians and any violations of international law, Zhai said. Earlier, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that while he condemned "all acts that harmed civilians", "Israel's actions went beyond self-defense"