The US government has criticized a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “This is not the time for any kind of business as usual with Mr. Putin given what he’s done inside Ukraine,” said John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council. “The whole world should be lined up against what Mr. Putin is doing,” he added. Kirby warned that “China has a choice to make.” While he acknowledged that China had not condemned Russia’s invasion, he said that China had not given its support to Russia either. The Chinese “hav…