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China and EU keep their distance

The high-level meeting between EU leaders and China’s president did not yield any new progress. Beijing continues to refer to the Ukraine war as a regional crisis, while Brussels warns against undermining sanctions against Russia.
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Amelie Richter
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Barely 15 minutes after China’s leader Xi Jinping met with EU representatives, the Chinese side had already released the first statement with quotes: The People’s Republic hopes that Europe will formulate an independent understanding of China, maintain an independent China policy, and jointly advance stable China-EU relations, the statement said. Xi spoke about the Covid pandemic and global economic challenges. The “Ukraine crisis” was only mentioned at the end of the statement.

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