Chinese leader Xi visits Europe for 1st time in 5 years

Ties between Beijing and the European bloc have frayed since the pandemic. And now with a war raging on the continent and China’s economy slumping, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s push for a “positive and pragmatic” policy with Europe has taken on new urgency. The World’s Carolyn Beeler speaks with Finbarr Bermingham of the South China Morning Post about Xi’s visit to France, Serbia and Hungary.

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