China, U.S.: Xi-Biden Call Focuses on Ukraine Without Rhetorical Middle Ground

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a two-hour video call during which Biden focused on the consequences China would face if it aided Russia financially or militarily in Ukraine, while Xi focused on U.S. and NATO culpability in the conflict, according to briefings from the White House and Chinese state media outlet Xinhua on March 18....