Commentary The European Union’s (EU) call for China to help end the war in Ukraine will go unanswered. This fact will not come as a surprise to regular readers of The Epoch Times. Beijing cherishes any and every opportunity to defy the edicts of the Western powers. The pleas for the Chinese leadership to exert influence on Russia to cease military operations will inevitably fall on deaf ears. Accordingly, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping told the partial truth when he claimed that his regime’s stance on the issue has been “consistent and clear-cut.” Beijing’s refusal to condemn Russia while castigating reckless NATO expansion has been a common refrain since day one of the crisis. The moral ambiguity toward Moscow and the negative portrayal of Western policy unequivocally serves the Chinese national interest—and only the Chinese national interest. This is why the rest of Xi’s statement on the matter …