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BEIJING -- Latvia and Estonia say they've left a Chinese language-backed discussion board geared toward boosting relations with Jap European nations, in what seems to be a brand new setback for China's more and more assertive diplomacy. The transfer follows China’s boosting of its relations with Russia, whose invasion of Ukraine is seen as a attainable first step in a collection of strikes towards nations that had been as soon as a part of the Soviet Union. China has refused to criticize Russia and has condemned punishing financial sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West.Weeks earlier than the invasion, President...