The souring of relations between European capitals and Beijing represents a strategic opportunity for the U.S.
Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meet for a working session in Beijing, April 6, 2023. Credit: Ludovic Marin via AP Photos
Last February, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine came as a shock for European leaders. Now, chastened and newly conscious of geopolitical risk, the same politicians are starting to sour on China. The China-Europe relationship will not go entirely off the rails this year because most European capitals are reluctant to sign on to an American China policy that they see as unnecessarily combative. In the longer term, however, it seems inevitable that the once-friendly relationship between the world’s
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