One of the EU’s aims at the bilateral summit on Friday 1 April was to send a clear message to China that Russia’s war in Ukraine threatens the world order and that both the EU and China have a role to play.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, consider this mission accomplished. The other objective was to initiate a dialogue and to try to prevent Beijing from moving closer to Russia. While China has...