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
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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.