China Renews Diplomatic Push to Repair Strained Ties with EU

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, stands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel in Beijing, Dec. 7, 2023. China is making efforts to relieve recent tensions between it and the EU. FILE - Chinese Eurasian affairs envoy Li Hui, shown here at a press briefing in Beijing on June 2, 2023, made diplomatic trips to Russia, Brussels, Poland, Ukraine, Germany and France in March 2024 in an effort to improve relations between China and the EU.

China has launched a new push to repair relations with the EU in recent weeks, deploying its special envoy on Eurasian affairs on a “shuttle diplomacy” tour through several European countries while calling on Brussels to prioritize the common interests rather than differences between the two sides.