China Rejects U.S. Suggestion It Was ‘Complicit’ in Ukraine Conflict

China’s Foreign Ministry rejected a U.S. State Department suggestion that Beijing acted in “complicit support” of Russia’s Ukraine military operation and said Washington is in "no position" to educate China on state sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, told reporters Thursday during a regular press conference that as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and an independent major power, Russia is fully capable of acting on its own judgment and in its own national interest.