The war makes China uncomfortable. European leaders don’t care
Get ready for a tense summit
CHINESE LEADERS wanted the mood to be “business as usual”. But the summit between China and the European Union on April 1st will be anything but normal. That is because Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and China’s cold-blooded response to it, have exposed the limitations of Europe’s old trade-first China policies.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “We need to talk about Ukraine”
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