Beijing-Moscow Axis Is Driving the Emergence of the EU as the Next Superpower

By supporting Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Beijing risks making the European Union its biggest geopolitical adversary

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak via video conference with European Council President and European Union foreign policy chief during an EU-China summit at the European Council building in Brussels on April 1, 2022. Olivier Matthys/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

Beijing seems to be running out of non-consequences in its drive to dominate the world. The cost of alienating the European Union is something that it must have underestimated. But playing Russian roulette on the international stage eventually has its price, and it looks like China will be paying a big one.