Why Xi’s European tour was a quiet but effective victory over the US
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The Chinese president’s trip to Europe did not result in any headline-grabbing developments, but that did not prevent it from achieving everything it needed to. Rejecting European complaints about China’s economic and geopolitical practices while stoking divisions between the EU and US all plays to Beijing’s interests.