China’s foreign minister signals deeper ties with Russia

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has defended his country’s position on the war in Ukraine and signalled that China will deepen ties with Russia in the coming year (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service/AP)

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has defended his country’s position on the war in Ukraine and signalled that China will deepen ties with Russia in the coming year.

Speaking by video to a conference in the Chinese capital, Beijing, he also blamed America for the deterioration in relations between the world’s two largest economies, saying that China has “firmly rejected the United States’ erroneous China policy”.