China on Tuesday rejected what it called "manipulation and hype" around two of its nationals captured in Ukraine after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of dragging Beijing into its invasion. Beijing urged "relevant parties to accurately understand China's objective and impartial stance, and to refrain from political manipulation and hype", Lin said.
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