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Hungary and China discuss Ukraine peace. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met Chinese President Xi Jinping on July 8 to discuss a potential Ukraine peace deal, paying the unexpected visit to Beijing days after his talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin angered some European Union leaders. Mr. Orban and Mr. Xi met at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, Chinese state media reported, for what Mr. Orban described as the third leg of a “peace mission” that he has undertaken without the backing of the European Commission or Ukraine.

Hungary is a member of NATO and of the EU, but Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is closer to Vladimir Putin. Will his predictions that the West will abandon Ukraine prove true?