Chinese President Xi heads for Moscow, proposes peaceful resolution to Russia-Ukraine conflict

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is set to arrive in Moscow on Monday for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin that will test how far Xi is willing to go to act as a potential peace broker in the war in Ukraine. The Chinese government has cast Xi’s three-day state visit to Russia as a “trip for peace,” seeking to burnish his image as a global statesman after Beijing hosted talks this month that led to a significant agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran.