The relationship between China and Europe will be determined by Beijing's behaviour, including what happens with Taiwan, the European Union's foreign policy chief said on Sunday.
The comments from EU High Representative Josep Borrell, in a remote address at the start of the meeting of the Group of Seven foreign ministers in Japan, highlighted two of the themes that have come into focus ahead of the three-day gathering: the need for a united approach to China and concerns about Taiwan.as the foreign ministers of the world's advanced democracies meet in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa.
The ministers will likely discuss their "common and concerted" approach to China, a senior U.S. State Department official said. That prompted a backlash, and on Friday European foreign policy officials urged Beijing not to use force over Taiwan, taking a"There is collective concern about a number of the actions that China is taking," the U.S. official told reporters on the plane to Japan from Vietnam, declining to be identified because of the sensitivity of the information.
Taiwan would also be a subject of discussion, the senior U.S. official said but declined to comment on any specific new language.
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