Chinese leader Xi Jinping called the war in Ukraine “worrying” during a video call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, the 12th day of Russia’s military onslaught on its neighbour. China’s government has neither condemned nor condoned the attack and has refrained from calling it an “invasion” by its ally. Western countries have been eyeing Beijing to see whether it might take a mediating role in the conflict. Xi on Tuesday “deplored … the return of war to the European continent,” state television reported. Though he stressed that the sovereignt…