Senior EU official says at Raisina 2022 Dialogue, China will be a 'systemic rival'

China is a "economic competitor and a systemic opponent," according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who also stated that the European Union will continue to encourage Beijing to contribute to a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. "If we consider what it means for Europe and Asia, Russia and China have created an apparently unconstrained partnership," said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, obliquely criticizing China and Russia. They have declared that their friendship has no bounds and that no areas of cooperation are off limits. This happened in February of this year. Then came the invasion of Ukraine."…