Coverage of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Bali was dominated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s high-profile exit from the meeting and the first encounter since October between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. But the event also saw a flurry of Chinese diplomatic activity that went largely unnoticed.

In all, Wang met with foreign ministers from 14 countries during his three-day visit to Indonesia, including those from several European countries whose ties with Beijing have become increasingly strained in recent months over China’s stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.