China Wants to ‘Divide and Conquer’ Europe
Why Xi Jinping is visiting France, Serbia, and Hungary this week.
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On Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping began his first visit to Europe in five years. One can glean a sense of his motivations by examining the policies of the countries he has chosen to visit: France, Serbia, and Hungary. In each case, to varying degrees, there is significant daylight between the foreign-policy objectives of leaders in Brussels—the seat of the European Union—and those in Paris, Belgrade, and Budapest.
Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. Twitter: @RaviReports
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