Police official Steve Li admitted that while the chances of prosecution were slim as long as the defendants remained abroad, Hong Kong authorities “won’t stop wanting them.”
The U.S. is named for having “made provocations first,” to which the Chinese “only responded by handling the incident in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.”
The foreign affairs chief urged “European navies to patrol the Taiwan Strait to signify Europe’s commitment to the freedom of navigation,” even though there are few member states capable of such missions, and even fewer who would do it.
In Beijing, French President Macron and European Commission President von der Leyen tried in vain to sway Beijing into siding with the collective West over Ukraine.
Not accepting that future conflict between the West and China is “inescapable,” the French president urged Europe to commit to maintaining trade with China.
China and Russia have both stated their aim to replace what they see as a unipolar world—dominated by U.S. interests—with a multipolar one.
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