The fallout from Macron's comments on Taiwan shows that Europe really doesn't know what to do about China
At around the time that German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was getting a discreet tour of the surveillance equipment in Beijing on Friday, the Chinese authorities were arresting two human rights activists who had tried to set up meetings with western officials.
Such an overt display of state power left a bleak impression on the delegation from Berlin and may have prompted her public warnings about the way China uses its growing muscle. The other trigger was probably Emmanuel Macron.
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