Noting both China and the EU serve as forces of stability, predictability, continuity and peace in a rapidly and dramatically changing world landscape, Di Dongsheng, dean of the School of Global and Area Studies at Renmin University of China, said the two sides have vast potential for cooperation and share common interests.

DA WEI is Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy and a Professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University.

Fresh off his announcement of securing a trade deal with the European Union, President Donald Trump hopes he can do the same with China.

A spokesperson from the Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) on Monday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to a recent visit to China's Taiwan region by certain members of the European Parliament,

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who constantly accuses the US of harming all sides with its tariffs, threatened China with Trump-style tariffs.

China has accused some European Parliament members of "grossly interfering" in its internal affairs following a meeting between European lawmakers and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te last week.

They came to celebrate fifty years of relations. But they left through the side door with their spirits in pieces. There was no toast. There were

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