Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held his traditional press conference this Thursday. He addressed the main international topics and Chinese diplomacy, the two intersecting.

Wang Yi castigated the U.S. and its “willingness to blame China under any pretext,” which “has reached an unimaginable level” The tone of the head of Chinese diplomacy was more conciliatory towards the European Union (EU), which considers China as a partner, but also as a competitor and systemic rival.