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French President Emmanuel Macron said has said he wants to “engage China toward a shared responsibility for peace” in Ukraine when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week. French officials said earlier that Mr Macron planned to urge Mr Xi in talks on Thursday to use Beijing’s influence with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but did not expect a big shift in the Chinese position. Mr Macron is to be accompanied by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in a show of European unity in dealings with Beijing. Mr Xi and Mr Putin declared their governments had a “no...
