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For Beijing, China and Europe must together "reject the Cold War mentality"

2023-05-12T13:46:44.793Z

Highlights: China and Europe must together "reject the Cold War mentality," said the head of Chinese diplomacy. Qin Gang made the remarks alongside an EU ministerial meeting aimed at "readjusting" the European position towards Beijing. The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at the opening of the meeting: "We need to readjust our position vis-à-vis China" China and Europe are not always aligned on issues such as Ukraine, Taiwan, human rights, Uyghurs.


China and Europe must together "reject the Cold War mentality," said the head of Chinese diplomacy on Friday, in parallel with...


China and Europe must together "reject the Cold War mentality," Xi said Friday, alongside an EU ministerial meeting aimed at "readjusting" the European position towards Beijing.

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Today, some are hyping up the narrative of democracy against autocracy and even going so far as to evoke a new Cold War," Qin Gang said at a press briefing during a visit to Oslo.

'Disastrous outcome'

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If we have a new Cold War, the outcome will be even more disastrous" than the previous one "and it will seriously damage relations and cooperation between China and Europe," he said. China and Europe must together "reject the Cold War mentality" between major powers, insisted the head of Chinese diplomacy.

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The Chinese minister made the remarks even as his EU counterparts gathered in Stockholm, in neighbouring Sweden, to seek to speak with one voice against China. "We need to readjust our position vis-à-vis China," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at the opening of the meeting.

Ukraine, Taiwan, human rights, Uyghurs: multiple issues oppose Chinese and Westerners, the latter themselves not always aligned on all these issues.

Source: lefigaro

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