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China’s leader Xi Jinping kicks off a six-day trip to Europe on Sunday, his first visit to the continent over the past five years. But he will land in a very different Europe compared to 2019, when he travelled to Italy, Monaco, and France. The highlight of his visit back then was the endorsement of […]

The presidential and parliamentary elections held in Taiwan on 13 January 2024 were closely watched globally, as their potential implications could reverberate far beyond the island’s shores. Two oft-quoted arguments relate to the fact that Taiwan is home to a huge chunk of the world’s cutting-edge semiconductors, and the volume of maritime traffic through the […]

The complexity of this relationship will be on full display on 7-8 December, when Chinese and EU leaders meet in Beijing, the first summit held in four years under this format