#Summit
China’s Missing Offer to Europe ahead of the EU-China Summit
China is not likely to give the EU any meaningful deliverables at a summit meeting in Beijing, and even less likely to address the structural challenges that it presents to Europe. With this limited offer, China cannot expect that the summit will be more than a dialogue for the sake of dialogue.
Has Xi Jinping Just Presided Over the Last 17+1 Summit?
If 17+1 is indeed a “pioneering feat of great power diplomacy with Chinese characteristics”, as Chinese state media claim, Beijing should be worried. Leaders of six countries decided to pass on the 17+1 summit…