Economics

Macron Gets Europe’s China Problem — and He’s Making It Worse

Germany's foreign minister gets drawn into the clean up operation after the French president’s controversial trip to Beijing

France’s Macron Defends Stance on US and China After Backlash
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At around the time that German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was getting a discreet tour of the surveillance equipment in Beijing on Friday, the Chinese authorities were arresting two human rights activists who had tried to set up meetings with western officials.