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China’s bid to divide the EU
DIVIDE AND RULE
At an online summit with Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel, Xi Jinping suggested a “Quad” in which the two big European countries and China would coordinate their development and other work in Africa.
There’s no sign of African countries being consulted about this gimmicky proposal. And it didn’t feature in the French or German read-outs of the talks.
A previous three-way meeting was in April. Since then the US administration has chivvied the G7 into taking a tougher line on China, especially the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This call shows how the party-state is trying to split the EU by wooing France and Germany.