SHANGHAI -- Scores of world leaders are blasting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but China has so far shied away from making its position clear on the conflict which it cautiously described only as a "special military operation."
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying criticized Western media for describing Russia's push into Ukraine as an invasion. © Reuters
SHANGHAI -- Scores of world leaders are blasting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but China has so far shied away from making its position clear on the conflict which it cautiously described only as a "special military operation."