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‘The EU makes wrong assumptions’

The EU-China summit largely failed to produce any results. But who is to blame? Experts believe that poor preparation was one of the reasons for the failed summit. The EU did not respond to the Chinese ideas. The EU also blindsided its interlocutors by abruptly changing the agenda. Much of Europe’s China policy is based on misjudgments.
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Finn Mayer-Kuckuk
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Last week’s EU-China summit ended without any tangible results (China.Table reported). In public perception, the buck was mostly passed to Beijing. This is because Chinese foreign policy has stubbornly refused to join international sanctions against Russia. But there are reasons for China’s passiveness in the Ukraine war, two leading experts stressed at a Table.Media event on Thursday. The topic of our Table.Live Briefing event was “Assessing the EU-China Summit Confirmation”.

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