China Proposes New Four-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine-Russia

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has laid out four principles that he says are imperative to finally achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine. Xi proposed his new peace plan during a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday, which marked the 10th anniversary of what Chinese-state-owned outlet Xinhua called an “all-round strategic partnership” between Berlin and Beijing. China has long claimed to hold a neutral stance on the war in Ukraine, although its government has formed a close military relationship to Russia over the past two years. According to Xinhua’s report on the meeting between Xi and Scholz, the Chinese…