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Macron plays right into Xi’s hands: France’s diplomatic disaster in China

Mel Gurtov

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen just visited China. You can bet Joe Biden and his national security team are gnashing their teeth over Macron’s Gaullist diplomacy. So are many Europeans. It’s not just the predictably fruitless attempt to persuade the Chinese to help negotiate an end to the…