News Summary

• We wanted China to do something like this since the start of the war.” The official explained that even positive steps like this are ultimately weighed against other behaviors, such as Beijing’s respect for human rights, its threatening stance toward Taiwan and alleged state-sponsored corporate espionage.
• “European nations have cooled on this lately, but it might be tempting for countries struggling economically to take some money as a quick-fix.” Biden administration announces new bans on investments in China meant to protect national security The security concerns officials have repeatedly flagged are wide-ranging.
• However, while China’s engagement with the international community might be a blow for Russia, it’s still being viewed with suspicion by Western allies, not least because of the continued economic, diplomatic and security ties the countries share.
• Between these fears over security, Europe’s international ambitions and China’s global ambitions, it might seem hard to pin down exactly what either side want from their future relationship.
• China assures Russia it remains 'impartial' on Ukraine war after attending Saudi peace talks “China’s key objective is to maintain ambiguity in the European position, so they don’t go as far as the US would like,” a European security source told CNN.
• It makes good headlines for all those who still believe, quite naively in my view, that China can make a difference.” In short, China coming to the table hasn’t moved the dial in Brussels on what is arguably the EU’s most complicated but important international relationship.