White House Says Biden Warned Xi of Consequences if Beijing Supports Russia on Ukraine https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-xi-talk-as-u-s-threatens-actions-if-china-backs-russia-in-ukraine-war-11647611124
WASHINGTON—President Biden warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping that China and its relations with the U.S. would suffer consequences if Beijing provides substantive assistance to Russia in its military assault on Ukraine.
During a nearly two-hour-long videoconference Friday that centered on the Ukraine crisis, Mr. Biden outlined for Mr. Xi the unified allied response against Russia, the economic sanctions imposed, the global condemnation of the invasion, and the withdrawal of many foreign businesses from the Russian market, a senior U.S. official said.
In describing that response, U.S. officials said, Mr. Biden tried to suggest the stakes for China.
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