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Will Xi play ball with Trump on Ukraine?

US president-elect Donald Trump has invited China’s president Xi Jinping to his inauguration on January 20 in a surprise move which appears to be part of a plan to involve Beijing in ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine.

Ending a war

Donald Trump’s election victory and his vow to swiftly end the Ukraine-Russia war present both an ambitious promise and a diplomatic quandary.

Show of force

It is surprising that China, which had displayed considerable alacrity in attempting to play down the threat of a nuclear war initiated by Russia in Ukraine, sees nothing wrong in the language deployed by Pyongyang and indeed even exhibits subtle signs of endorsing it.