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European Council president Charles Michel, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese president Xi Jinping talk via a video link at a summit during the Covid-19 pandemic (Photo: Council of the European Union)

China and Hungary on the spot This WEEK

Top EU officials are scrambling to make sure China won't support Russian president Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine.

An EU summit with China on Friday (1 April) will see the issue tackled via videoconference as war rages on in Ukraine.

Both European Council president Charles Michel and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are expected to warn Chinese president Xi Jinping not to undermine EU sanctions against Russia or send it military support.

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

European Council president Charles Michel, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese president Xi Jinping talk via a video link at a summit during the Covid-19 pandemic (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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