https://www.scmp.com/rss/525581/feed Miguel Otero-Iglesias is a senior fellow at Elcano Royal Institute and Professor and Research Director of International Political Economy at the School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs and the Centre for the Governance of Change at IE University in Spain. He is also a senior research fellow at the EU-Asia Institute at ESSCA School of Management in France. He holds a PhD in international political economy from Oxford Brookes University and an MA in international relations from the... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Miguel Otero-Iglesias,Mario Esteban Miguel Otero-Iglesias,Mario Esteban Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s fourth visit to Beijing in four years has once again drawn attention across Europe and the Atlantic, but perhaps less scepticism than before. In an era marked by intensifying US-China rivalry, geopolitical fragmentation and the European Union’s emphasis on “de-risking”, Spain’s sustained engagement with China is often seen as a strategic divergence from Brussels. That reading, however, underestimates both Spain’s intentions and the broader shift under way... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3350672/why-spains-outreach-china-offers-viable-model-europe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3350672/why-spains-outreach-china-offers-viable-model-europe?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:30:08 +0000