Against a widening EU schism and pressure from Washington to minimise ties, von der Leyen articulated a cautious approach to future EU-Chinese relations.
The Chinese president is the only head of state of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council who has yet to make the journey to Kyiv.
Despite the UN’s call for better ties, EU leaders are divided on the bloc’s future relationship with China, as the Biden administration promises better trade deals if Brussels takes a more hawkish line.
Implicit in the Chinese leader’s departing words, as his three-day state visit concluded, was the promise the world order would experience a shakeup not seen in a century.
Chinese analysts paint the 7.2% increase as a “reasonable and restrained boost amid military spending sprees by many other countries around the world.”
The White House has warned that China’s attempts to exert its influence worldwide, as it has just done with what was traditionally a U.S. regional ally, were “not conducive” to the international order.
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