4 Mar 2022

Asia correspondent Ed White

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 4 March 2022

China is being criticised by many in the west for failing to join international efforts to stop Putin's invasion.

Ed talks to Kathryn about China's official response to Russia's invasion and to sanctions.

And in Hong Kong there are grim scenes with mortuaries filling up and panic buying rife as the city's Covid policy reaches a fresh low. 

Masked people walk on Sai Yeung Choi South street, in Hong Kong, China, on February 5, 2022, in Hong Kong, China, on February 5, 2022. (Photo by Marc Fernandes/NurPhoto) (Photo by Marc Fernandes / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

Photo: AFP

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times