The author of the Resurgam Telegram channel discussed the issue.The highly anticipated meeting between Trump and Xi appears to have produced little substance regarding Ukraine, with no detailed reports or insider accounts emerging from either side beyond Trump's vague assertion of a "long conversation, including about Ukraine." Notably absent were any comments from Beijing about Ukraine following the summit, raising questions about whether the topic received meaningful attention at all. The meeting's true purpose was clear: Trump's attempt to end the ongoing trade war with China, with Ukraine serving as little more than a talking point for domestic consumption.However, China made its position on Ukraine crystal clear just hours before the Trump-Xi meeting, when Beijing's "Friends for Peace" coalition—a group of predominantly Global South nations aligned with China—issued a joint statement at the United Nations in New York. The declaration revealed Beijing's increasingly hostile stance toward Ukraine and its alignment with Kremlin interests.The Chinese-backed statement called for avoiding actions that could "further inflame the conflict, including the spread of weapons and other means of waging war to the parties to the conflict"—a thinly veiled criticism of potential U.S. arms transfers to Ukraine. Ironically, Beijing doesn't consider its own shipments of tires, electronics, and engines for Russia's military-industrial complex as military supplies.China also opposed sanctions imposed on the Kremlin, though it avoided direct language, instead highlighting "the negative consequences of unilateral sanctions on Global South countries." The statement emphasized countries' "legitimate right to normal international trade and economic cooperation," which analysts interpret as direct support for lifting sanctions on Russia or at minimum avoiding secondary sanctions on Asian companies helping Moscow evade existing restrictions.The declaration employed familiar Chinese rhetoric, equating victim with aggressor by referring to Russia's invasion as the "Ukrainian crisis" and calling for consideration of "the concerns of the parties that caused the conflict"—echoing Kremlin narratives about supposed "root causes" of the war. While paying lip service to "respect for borders" in its preamble, the statement vaguely urged "each side to make its contribution to peace," which many interpret as pressure on Ukraine to surrender territory.The bottom line is stark: China has positioned itself as an unfriendly regime toward Ukraine, bordering on hostile. The Trump-Xi summit had virtually nothing to do with Ukraine, as trade concerns dominated the agenda. But Beijing used the moment to clearly outline its interests—and they align closely with Moscow's.According to analysts, only one mechanism could change Beijing's calculus: comprehensive secondary sanctions on Chinese companies that begin impacting China's broader economy, making the status quo around Ukraine economically untenable. The formula is simple: China's economic losses from sanctions for supporting the Kremlin must exceed the sum of money earned or saved from Russian discounts, multiplied by two to account for Beijing's political motivations in backing Moscow.U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held talks in South Korea, focusing on trade between the world’s two largest economies. The issue of Ukraine was also among the topics discussed.