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The EU Must Be Less Naïve as China Restarts Charm Offensive

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The EU Must Be Less Naïve as China Restarts Charm Offensive
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak via video conference with the 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
Peter Dahlin
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Mid-February marked the resumption of what used to be the biannual European Union-China human rights dialogue. The Munich security conference also took place on Feb. 17–19, with China playing a key role.

Peter Dahlin
Peter Dahlin
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Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial By Media,” and contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007, until detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government with gender equality issues, and now lives in Madrid, Spain.
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