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Blinken meets China’s Wang Yi, warns against helping Russia

US, Chinese top diplomats hold ‘direct, candid’ talks in first meeting since spat over suspected spying balloon.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 361 of the invasion

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The Guardian - AU

Russia accused of crimes against humanity with ‘barbaric’ attacks on civilians in Ukraine

World leaders have gathered at the Munich Security Conference to discuss the war in Ukraine, as America accuses Russia of war crimes.

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Blinken meets with China’s top diplomat after US shoots down balloon

Secretary of state says he condemned surveillance in first high-level contact between countries since incident

The Guardian - US

Blinken rebukes China’s top diplomat on balloon, Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rebuked China’s top diplomat in their first in-person meeting since the uproar over an alleged spy balloon, telling Wang Yi that the craft’s entry into U.S. airspace was an “irresponsible act that must never again occur.”

Tribune News Service

Blinken meets with China's top diplomat in first meeting since balloon controversy

The meeting is the highest level of contact between the two nations since the discovery of a Chinese balloon in U.S. airspace at the beginning of this month.

WEKU

Blinken meets top China diplomat for 1st time since U.S. downed spy balloon

It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two diplomats since the U.S. shot down a Chinese government surveillance balloon.

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Chinese peace plan for Ukraine greeted cautiously by the west

China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi speaks of need to uphold principle of territorial integrity but also of respecting Russia’s ‘legitimate security interests’

The Guardian - UK

China’s top diplomat blasts ‘hysterical’ US response on balloon

China’s top diplomat lashed out at the U.S., calling President Joe Biden’s decision to shoot a balloon over American air space and the heightened state of alert “incomprehensible and almost hysterical.”

Tribune News Service

Antony Blinken meets with top China diplomat who called US response to spy balloon ‘hysterical’ and ‘absurd’

Incidents have added to increased tension between White House and Beijing

The Independent UK

China's top diplomat renews criticism of US balloon downing

China’s top diplomat has renewed Beijing’s criticism of the United States for shooting down what Washington says was a Chinese spy balloon, arguing that the move doesn’t point to U.S. strength

The Independent UK

US military ends search for balloons shot down over Alaska and Lake Huron

Military says objects are thought to have landed in difficult terrain, after hobbyists suggested one could belong to them

The Guardian - US

US reaction to balloon incident ‘hysterical’, says China

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cancelled a planned trip to China after the discovery of the balloon

Evening Standard

In meeting, Blinken warns China's Wang Yi against aiding Russia in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two met that Washington was concerned Beijing was considering supplying weapons to Moscow.

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WEKU

Secretary of State Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi are set to meet in Munich

The two diplomats will meet for the first time in the aftermath of the balloon crisis earlier this month.

Bangkok Post

China blasts 'hysterical' US balloon claims

MUNICH: China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday blasted the United States' reaction to what Washington has called a Chinese spy balloon as "hysterical and absurd", in uncharacteristically strong remarks against the top Western power.

Reuters

China's top diplomat reiterates calls for dialogue over Ukraine crisis

China has "neither stood by idly nor thrown fuel on the fire" regarding the crisis in Ukraine, and continues to call for peace and dialogue, top diplomat Wang Yi said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

The Guardian - UK

US reaction to balloon ‘absurd and hysterical’, says top Chinese diplomat

Wang Yi also says China is preparing to outline position on Russian war against Ukraine

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Axios

Top Chinese diplomat: U.S. response to balloon "absurd and hysterical"

"This incident doesn't show American strength but the opposite," Wang Yi said.

Reuters

U.S. handling of balloon incident 'hysterical', says China's top diplomat

China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Saturday that the U.S. handling of the balloon incident had been "unimaginable" and "hysterical" - an "absurd" act that had violated international norms.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China’s Xi Plans ‘Peace Speech’ on Ukraine Invasion Anniversary, Italy Min Says

China's President Xi Jinping will deliver a "peace speech" on the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, citing top diplomat Wang Yi. Wang Yi "told me that Xi will deliver a peace speech on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine" on Feb. 24,…

Reuters

China's Xi plans 'peace speech' on Ukraine invasion anniversary, Italy min says

China's President Xi Jinping will deliver a 'peace speech' on the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, citing top diplomat Wang Yi.

Radio France Internationale

Security Conference opens with Ukraine and China but no Russia

On Friday, the German city of Munich will host its annual security conference, bringing together top politicians, defence specialists and contributors to both sides of the war in Ukraine. Russia will not be represented.

France 24

Russia fires deadly barrage of missiles at targets across Ukraine

Russia launched missile strikes across Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, killing at least one civilian, after Western allies pledged to ramp up military aid to the Ukrainian armed forces to support a planned counter-offensive. Follow FRANCE 24 to see how the day's events unfolded updates. All times are Paris…

Radio France Internationale

France and China have 'same objective' on peace in Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron and China's top diplomat Wang Yi have agreed to contribute towards peace in Ukraine. China remains an important Russian ally, and has not condemned its invasion of Ukraine launched nearly a year ago.

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