Western officials pushed back against China's calls for an "immediate" ceasefire in Ukraine during the European tour of Chinese Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui, the Wall Street Journal reported on May 26. Freezing the conflict would essentially mean that occupied Ukrainian territories remain under Russian control.
China refused to recognize ex-Soviet republics as independent states as its French ambassador recently said. Beijing rowed back after heavy critics from several governments, but this is not very credible. If China wants to end the war, their officials should rather sit in Moscow convincing Russia to leave Ukraine.