Lessons for Xi: China's Risky Bet on Putin Amid Wagner Mutiny
China's special envoy for Ukraine, Liu Hui, declined to take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Memory Wall of the Fallen Heroes in Kyiv and skipped a visit to Bucha, a city near the capital where a massacre occurred. This comes amid fears in China of potential chaos in Russia following the Wagner uprising. Liu Hui instead headed straight for talks with top Ukrainian officials and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.