EU foreign policy chief begins visit to China amid tensions over trade and Ukraine war


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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell: "My message to my Chinese colleagues will be that the war in Ukraine has transformed us." Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has begun a three-day visit to China amid tensions between Beijing and Brussels over trade restrictions and the war in Ukraine. Mr Borrell will meet China’s foreign minister Wang Yi on Friday for talks that are also expected to cover Taiwan, human rights and the violence in Israel and Gaza. Ahead of his visit, Mr Borrell said he wanted China to take the EU...