In late March, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez paid a two-day visit to China. French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen soon followed suit, jointly sitting down with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 6.
Political analysts suggest that the frequent high-level exchanges signify buoyant relations between China and Europe.
Economic drivers
Since the onset of the Ukraine crisis in February 2022, the EU has enforced 10 rounds of sanctions against Russia. Despite their intended goal of weakening the Russian economy, these measures have achieved the opposite and resulted in energy shortages, inflation, fiscal deterioration and economic stagnation within
