The US and China are engaged in an economic battle. The threat of a new Cold War is looming, and so are fears of military confrontation. Germany is torn between its most important ally and its biggest trading partner.
French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are the latest European arrivals in Beijing. Their views on China are similar, but not in complete alignment.
While China's stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine remains a lightning rod for debate around the world, analysts in Asia say the region's economic dependence on the world's number two economy is too huge to crumble amid the geopolitical rifts caused by the war. The United States and European Union (EU) have called on China to condemn Moscow's actions and.