https://www.scmp.com/rss/330194/feed Ties Dams is a strategist, author and commentator on Chinese politics and geopolitical affairs based in the Netherlands, Europe. His monograph on Xi Jinping is a bestseller. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Europe finally woke up to China’s rise last year. President Xi Jinping’s scrapping of term limits turned into a global news event that put a recognisable face on Chinese power to European audiences. The trade war that US President Donald Trump so boisterously declared on China made clear to the European political elite, as well as the general public, that Europe too must engage with the most important power relationship of the century. Xi even launched a charm offensive in Europe, trying to win... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2182997/anxious-europe-has-grow-and-face-reality?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2182997/anxious-europe-has-grow-and-face-reality?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jan 2019 02:00:00 +0000