Beijing is against taking sides in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang told top EU officials on Friday. Li told European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen via video link that China “opposes division of blocs and taking sides,” according to a summary of the closed-door meeting provided by Chinese diplomat Wang Lutong. The Chinese prime minister was responding to a request from the European Union at an EU-China summit for Beijing to use its influence on Russia to help bring the conflict in Ukraine to an end. “Ch…