KUALA LUMPUR -- China's special envoy for Ukraine declined to take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Memory Wall of the Fallen Heroes in Kyiv last month -- an act that most international visitors to the country perform.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Kremlin on March 21. (File photo by Reuters)
KUALA LUMPUR -- China's special envoy for Ukraine declined to take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Memory Wall of the Fallen Heroes in Kyiv last month -- an act that most international visitors to the country perform.