The EU Commission has defended its handling of China diplomacy following a PR "disaster" on a mini-summit in Beijing.
Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and French president Emmanuel Macron gave a "very consistent" European message to Chinese president Xi Jinping when they held joint talks last Thursday (6 April), von der Leyen's spokesman said on Tuesday.
The message was "we continue to call for peace and stability in the Straits of Taiwan and we are firmly opposed to an...
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