The official visit of Xi Cinpic to Paris is scheduled for May. Journalist Orest Sohar sees in this threat to Ukraine because of China's attempt to impose a peaceful plan that is beneficial to Europe.
Beijing tries to change the geopolitical polarity of the EU
China wants to take the place of Washington at the head of the European table. In other words, the Middle Kingdom seeks to impose its configuration of the future in Europe.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit France in early May. Before that, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits China. Trips occur against Beijing's aspirations to reduce the hostility of the EU - Politico.
China wants to restore spoiled relations with Europe - because of the "boundless partnership" SI with a criminal criminal Putin.
The PRC has chosen a good time for its restlessness: the EU has long been poorly influenced by political "bullies" from the United States, and now Washington is distanced from Brussels. Therefore, "it is time to direct Europe to the opposite direction, to reduce risks."
What is "risks" is clear even without a decoder. Here Beijing reacted sharply to the EU unprecedented decision last month to make Chinese companies black list because of their ties with the Russian Federation. Its huge electric vehicle industry is also close to entering a trade war with European regulators, which accuse the Chinese state of subsidizing new giants. On the other hand, the PRC seeks to keep European investments in the Chinese economy, which is undergoing huge turbulence through the unstable real estate market.
Parisian meeting with Macron will take place a year after the visit of President of France to Beijing: last year the French president tried to pull the owl on the globe on the EU head: "Europe should reduce its dependence on the US and avoid involving the confrontation between China and the USA through Taiwan," They are not ours that prevents her from building her strategic autonomy. ” These words of Macron last year looked like a desire to challenge North Atlantic unity, although the words did not come.
Now the leader of France is gaining the role of the leader of Europe. And it is to him fly. Typically, this meeting will take place.
The situation seemed to have changed, and today there is no reason to suspect Macron of some betrayal, he took a radical anti -Putin position. On the other hand, it is not necessary to be an oracle to understand: in the conflict with two empires - the current with China and the expected from the US - the European Community will be difficult to resist: the old world requires a collaboration with one of the superpowers.
Europe's economic vulnerability from China is well shown by Eurostat data: European exports to the PRC twice as much as imports from this country.
EU:
- Imports - € 514.4 billion.
- Exports - € 223.5 billion.
France:
- Imports - € 42 billion.
- Exports - € 25 billion
Germany is not the only one in the balance:
- Imports - € 94.5 billion.
- Exports - € 97.3 billion.
The high degree of anti -European Trumpism in the United States gives Beijing reason to talk to Europe with strong economic trumps. But not only the trump trading will. The Chinese leader "sells" the myth of Putin, "light" and "fast" peace and a common security space - from the global south to the North Atlantic. For this purpose, he persuades Europe to invite Muscovy at the table of peace talks in Switzerland, organized by Ukraine ... Otherwise, "Beijing will boycott such meetings".
Well, of course, Putin is also going to China in May: as Reuters assumes, even before the visit of SI to Europe. The puzzle formed.
This "charity" Beijing is very seductive for the EU and is dangerous for Ukraine, since the bunker Fuhrer will not only remain without punishment, but will also exacerbate the occupied territories and repeat the whole loom about "demilitarization" and denacification of Ukraine.
But there are good news: the trip of the EU Beijing Special Supreme Country has not caused proper hype in European capitals, and - it is worth hoping - SI will also not be able to break this trend. After all, Europeans should learn the main Putin lesson: the dictators are gently clinging, sharing cheap resources, but then all these flattery rotates global crises.
