{"id":10859,"date":"2024-05-05T17:05:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T17:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10859"},"modified":"2024-05-05T17:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T17:05:52","slug":"chinese-president-xi-jinping-begins-charm-offensive-in-europe-amid-growing-uncertainty-about-future-u-s-support-for-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10859","title":{"rendered":"Chinese President Xi Jinping begins charm offensive in Europe amid growing uncertainty about future U.S. support for allies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-cy=\"article-content\">\n<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a three-country\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-france-hungary-serbia-xi-jinping-trade-470fc6954586e250261781ed76165cf5\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-france-hungary-serbia-xi-jinping-trade-470fc6954586e250261781ed76165cf5\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-330a5589-0 gPJZJS\">trip to Europe<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing\u2019s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>European carmakers are losing ground to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/eu-china-electric-vehicle-subsidy-investigation-15ec926e756a36a7612a66623ccea51f\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/eu-china-electric-vehicle-subsidy-investigation-15ec926e756a36a7612a66623ccea51f\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-330a5589-0 gPJZJS\">subsidized Chinese electric vehicles<\/a>. Diplomats fret about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-china-spying-european-parliament-lawmaker-employee-85e07313ec9580d5845cd9fd999e760e\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-china-spying-european-parliament-lawmaker-employee-85e07313ec9580d5845cd9fd999e760e\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-330a5589-0 gPJZJS\">alleged Chinese spies<\/a>\u00a0in European capitals. And China\u2019s continued defense trade with Russia worries anyone in Europe who supports\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-330a5589-0 gPJZJS\">war-ravaged Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0and fears that the Russian army won\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>But Europe and China have hefty economic ties \u2014 EU-China trade is estimated at 2.3 billion euros per day \u2014 and Xi appears determined to rebuild and deepen relations with European leaders after a prolonged absence prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Xi started Sunday in France, whose president wants Europe to have more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nato-europe-africa-france-paris-bc6d5fa5be4bd5fba7782fff86669a9b\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nato-europe-africa-france-paris-bc6d5fa5be4bd5fba7782fff86669a9b\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-330a5589-0 gPJZJS\">economic and strategic independence<\/a>\u00a0from other world powers. Then the Chinese president heads to Serbia and Hungary, both seen as China-friendly and close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and recipients of substantial Chinese investment.<\/p>\n<p>Xi\u2019s trip will be closely watched in Washington for signs of diminishing European support for its key foreign policy goals. At the same time, there\u2019s increasing uncertainty in Europe about future U.S. support for trans-Atlantic allies.<\/p>\n<p>Xi was greeted at Paris\u2019 Orly Airport by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal \u2014 and by protests by groups demanding that France pressure China to respect Tibetan and Uyghur minority rights. Activists seeking a free Tibet attempted to unfurl a banner Saturday beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and protested in the French capital around the same time as Xi\u2019s plane landed.<\/p>\n<p>After arriving, Xi said he hoped the visit would bring \u2018\u2019strategic convergence\u201d between China and France, and that further developing their relations would contribute to \u2018\u2019stability and positive energy in an turbulent world,\u201d according to a text provided to reporters at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday French President Emmanuel Macron will treat the Chinese leader to formal honors of a full state visit. They will also meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is expected to join Macron in pushing for fairer trade policies and for China to use its leverage with Russia to push it toward ending the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The EU launched an investigation last fall into Chinese subsidies and could impose tariffs on electric vehicles exported from China.<\/p>\n<p>China claims neutrality in the Ukraine conflict but has refused to call the full-blown Russian assault on its neighbor an invasion, and has been accused of bolstering Russia\u2019s capacity to produce weapons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a three-country\u00a0trip to Europe\u00a0on Sunday with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing\u2019s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry. European carmakers are losing ground to\u00a0subsidized Chinese electric vehicles. Diplomats fret about\u00a0alleged Chinese spies\u00a0in European capitals. 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