Xi Jinping from tomorrow in Moscow, what are the chances of a Chinese peace for Ukraine?

This week we will find out if there is a Chinese peace for Ukraine, or if it is an illusion that has never been matched in reality. The key event of the week that opens is Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow. Those who want to believe in a possible intermediary role for China are loading this visit with enormous expectations, as if it could represent a turning point, the beginning of a peace process. Pessimists point to Xi's alignment with Vladimir Putin's narrative of Western culpability behind the war. The more cynical have a worse suspicion: that a Chinese ceasefire plan at this stage, freezing military positions on Ukrainian territory, could guarantee Putin the maximum territorial conquests by blocking the Ukrainian spring counter-offensive.