President Xi Jinping held a phone conversation on Oct. 15 with Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, one of several steps to repair strained relations between China and the EU. The EU has taken several steps to poison relations under pressure from the anti-China operations in the U.K. and the U.S. In March, they joined in the insane sanctions of Chinese officials for the fake charge (launched by Mike Pompeo) of human rights violations against the Uighurs in Xinjiang, calling it “genocide.” (Anyone who wishes to travel to Xinjiang will see that the Uighur people are prospering, having doubled their population, receiving modern education and jobs in a booming economy.) The EU also froze the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment.
Now, as the Western economies are in a general breakdown crisis, and after the French were subjected to the cancellation of a large submarine construction contract with Australia when the U.S., U.K. and Australia formed a military pact, the EU is trying to patch things up with China.
The Global Times report on the phone call included:
“The call came two days after Xi’s video meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been viewed by some EU politicians and Chinese observers as a positive sign for bilateral relations amid strained ties....
“China and the EU are different in history and culture, social systems and development stage, and it is normal to see some competition, divergences and differences. They should be solved by talks. China has always been sincere in China-EU relations and will firmly safeguard the group’s sovereignty, security and development interests, Xi said, noting that China hopes the EU adheres to strategic independence, tells right from wrong and works with China to promote bilateral ties....
