China Seen Staying Neutral on Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Times

China will definitely stay neutral and keep its principles related to sovereign states' territorial integrity, the Global Times said citing Cui Heng, an assistant research fellow at the Center for Russian Studies of East China Normal University. China has close strategic ties with Russia, and also many investments and long-standing cooperation with Ukraine, Cui said. As the U.S. will have to focus on Europe for a few years, its "Indo-Pacific Strategy" will be reduced to an empty slogan, and the arena of fierce strategic competition will be in Europe rather than in the Indo-Pacific, the state-owned newspaper said.