News Snapshot:
Chinese state media shelved Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Friday as Beijing weighed its response, even as the outbreak of war in Europe ruled talks on Chinese social media. The People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s spokesman, placed the war on the back of page 3 on Friday, publishing a small article about Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s call with his Russian counterpart and criticizing the United States for “presenting” an army offensive that the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, the biggest showdown in Europe since 1945. On Friday morning, the official online website of news firm Xinhua relegated the crisis, which...
