Nicolas Chapuis

Inserted 2 years ago

“We may be mistaken, but we think in Europe today, everybody - government, public opinion, academics - are today convinced that China is changing, and you are telling us today that it is not the case. That is a perception issue that we need to tackle .... you are all entitled to your views but please do understand that in Europe people are convinced that China is changing its diplomacy. I am very sorry to see that China does not give any credit to the EU in bringing the U.S. back to the path of engagement. Why? Because China has decided to not reset the relationship with the U.S. The Anchorage meeting in March 2021 is for me, a very significant signal and very disappointing ... The government rejected the return to engagement. So what does China want? What is the objective, the purpose of China today in foreign relations? It's clearly not the same purpose as 10 years ago, it is different. We are sometimes at a loss to understand exactly what China wants.”

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EU's ambassador to China