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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pursuing a similar course to France's head of state Emmanuel Macron in terms of enlargement policy. But Kyiv and Brussels are putting on the pressure. There is a threat of a dispute at the EU summit in June.
By Eric Bonse
While the world watches the Ukraine war in shock, Alexander Goerlach warns of a much more dangerous conflict: He believes that China will attack Taiwan in a few years. But that is only the beginning. The plan is to change the world order. He accuses German politicians of being lazy.
By Michael Radunski
With the war in Ukraine dragging on, a crucial question remains whether China intends and would in fact be able to offset Russia’s economic pain from European sanctions. Several high-ranking US and EU officials already warned of consequences should China choose to do so. So far, there is little evidence that Chinese companies are completely withdrawing from Russia, but exports to Russia have significantly dropped as Chinese companies are trying to avoid secondary sanctions.
By Redaktion Table
There is still no resolution in sight in the dispute over the planned oil embargo against Russia. On Monday, the EU foreign ministers in Brussels failed to break the resistance from Hungary.
By Eric Bonse
An isolated China alongside Putin is not a desirable scenario, writes William Klein in Standpunkt. The West can still influence China's policy toward Russia. Europe has a key role to play in this.
By Redaktion Table
The Ukraine-China relationship has long been cold, but it holds a lot of potential. For a long time, the relationship was characterized by a simple trade exchange. Currently, however, China is emerging as a major trading partner of Ukraine. In the plans of China's New Silk Road initiative, Ukraine has played a minor role until now. In the wake of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Chinese government is behaving cautiously, but increasingly a slight distancing can be seen. Read the latest Ukraine-China news from the Table.editorial team. How has the Ukraine-China relationship developed? Even though Ukraine has repeatedly expressed interest in the Silk Road initiative, the state has made few moves on China. Due to Ukraine's difficult economic and political situation resulting from Russian aggression, China is distancing itself from Ukraine. Ukraine also focused its foreign policy on the West - the European Union and the United States to persuade Russia to make peace with economic and political sanctions. Given the complicated U.S.-China relationship, Ukraine had deliberately avoided rapprochement with China. Closer contact with Xi Jinping is emerging under Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj, heralding a possible new phase in the Ukraine-China relationship.