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China’s Vision for Relations with Europe Is Disappearing To deal with recent changes, including the Ukraine crisis, Beijing’s ideal vision for China-Europe relations needs an update. The April 1 summit between the European Union (E.U.) and China was the first since the Ukraine war – and, indeed, the first since the cancellation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment in May last year. In recent years, Sino-European ties have increasingly worsened due to mounting tensions over security and economic issues, European critiques of perceived human rights breaches in China, and an expanding cycle of sanctions and counter-sanctions. This post investigates China’s...
