Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping is trying to allay the European Union‘s unease about Beijing, in opposition to President Joe Biden‘s effort to coordinate trans-Atlantic defenses against the communist regime.

“China supports the strategic autonomy of the EU and hopes that the EU side will adhere to the basic positioning of China and EU as strategic partners,” Xi told German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in a Tuesday call, per state media. “China-EU relations should not target, depend on or be subject to any third party.”
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