The Importance of China's Concession on Ukraine

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The visit will be very important in determining the future course of Europe's relations with China. I don't think this is ever going to translate into the kind of division that Xi Jinping would like to see between Europe and the United States. But it could become harder for the Biden administration to keep Europe on board as it tightens restrictions on the technology trade with China.

On his visit to Beijing Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, has much to balance: his peacemaking ways, a more hawkish travel partner and the commercial interests of his delegation of business leaders. What will result? We ask what is being done to avoid a looming famine in North Korea. And why baseball is getting speedier and more action-packed this season.

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