Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide (right) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi greet each other with an elbow bump in Oslo on August 27. Photo: EPA-EFENorway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide (right) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi greet each other with an elbow bump in Oslo on August 27. Photo: EPA-EFE
Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide (right) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi greet each other with an elbow bump in Oslo on August 27. Photo: EPA-EFE
David Dodwell
Opinion

Opinion

Inside Out by David Dodwell

How China’s European diplomatic blizzard can whip up concrete results

  • The flurry of top-level Chinese diplomacy in Europe comes after months of US efforts to create a strong transatlantic front against China
  • Given that Europe is more willing than the US to accept China as a ‘difficult’ partner, Beijing must go beyond platitudes during this crucial window

David Dodwell
David Dodwell

Updated: 10:59pm, 6 Sep, 2020

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Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide (right) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi greet each other with an elbow bump in Oslo on August 27. Photo: EPA-EFENorway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide (right) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi greet each other with an elbow bump in Oslo on August 27. Photo: EPA-EFE
Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide (right) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi greet each other with an elbow bump in Oslo on August 27. Photo: EPA-EFE
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