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Multiple states in the West are seeing an increase in Chinese workers and funding at unlicensed cultivation operations.

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Chinese leader expected to position himself as peacemaker but US condemns Xi for providing ‘diplomatic cover’ for atrocities in Ukraine
Xi Jinping said China was ready with Russia “to stand guard over the world order based on international law” as he arrived for a state visit to Moscow that comes days after Vladimir Putin was made the subject of an by the international criminal court.
The Chinese leader is expected to position himself as a potential peacemaker in the Ukraine war during his two-day visit to Russia – his first state visit since Putin’s invasion. For his part, the Russian president will be hoping to project unity in the face of western isolation, as the US condemned Xi for providing “diplomatic cover” for Moscow to continue to commit further crimes in Ukraine.

Antony Blinken says China proposals could be ‘stalling tactic’ to help Russian troops in Ukraine as Xi Jinping meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow. This live blog is closed
Associated Press reports that European Union ministers will meet today to try to finalise a plan to supply Ukraine with artillery shells, replenish their own national stocks and ramp up Europe’s defence industry.
The 27-nation bloc’s foreign and defence ministers will discuss the plan at a joint session in Brussels. Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba is due to provide an update of the latest developments in the war and set out his country’s military needs.

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Global divisions over Russia’s actions in Ukraine widened as China said Xi Jinping would go to Russia to help make peace, in a move widely seen as a stark sign of support for President Vladimir V. Putin.

The Chinese leader is expected to talk to Vladimir V. Putin about Ukraine and other issues.

Chinese officials say Xi Jinping’s upcoming trip to Moscow is a peace mission. But U.S. and European officials say he aims to bolster Vladimir V. Putin.

This week’s meeting between the leaders of China and Russia marks another key moment in the deepening relationship between the two powers.

In remarks at the Kremlin, Putin told the Chinese leader that Russia was 'a bit jealous' of China’s rapid development in recent decades.
During a meeting in which he invited Xi to sit close to him – in contrast to the  at which he sat with the French president, Emmanuel Macron – the Russian president said he welcomed Beijing’s proposal to end the 'acute crisis' in  and viewed the plan with respect

Guo Wengui, an associate of Steve Bannon's who is charged with fraud and money laundering, has supported conservatives' antidemocratic efforts in the U.S.