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China sidelined: EU shelves rare strategy debate as Middle East crisis takes priority

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China sidelined: EU shelves rare strategy debate as Middle East crisis takes priority
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A long-awaited EU debate on China has been shelved in favour of the Middle East crisis, highlighting how Europe is struggling to treat Beijing as a strategic priority despite mounting economic pressure.
The European Commission’s security college was set to meet this coming Monday to debate the challenges posed by Beijing, as part of what officials were referring to internally as “China week”.
It would have been the first strategic discussion among the bloc’s 27 commissioners under President...

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