Responding to the language coming out of the EU in recent months, which has repeatedly referred to China as a systemic rival, China’s ambassador to the European Union, Zhang Ming, said on Wednesday 27 January that the two sides were, more than anything, strategic partners and not systemic rivals.
“Dialogue and cooperation have always been at the heart of our bilateral relations”, he added, speaking at an event organised by Friends of Europe.
He also called on the public in general to...