Of convenience. It’s more like both hate the US. There is a possibility of aligning China to the EU, even against Russia.
After all, given that Russia got us back to “spheres of influence”, who says they get to have one and we won’t just partition it between the EU and China?
They sure are, and the US was also the world’s guard dog until very recently. Past international relationships don’t weight as much as they used to (or should) in the new paradigm.
Things can change fast in world politics, even if they’ve been a certain way for a long time. If the benefit is there, leaders will choose to serve their nations / electoral interest first.
If China worked closely with Europe on free trade and defence, it could challenge any attempts at shenanigans from Russia and the US.
China and Russia are allies…
Of convenience. It’s more like both hate the US. There is a possibility of aligning China to the EU, even against Russia.
After all, given that Russia got us back to “spheres of influence”, who says they get to have one and we won’t just partition it between the EU and China?
They sure are, and the US was also the world’s guard dog until very recently. Past international relationships don’t weight as much as they used to (or should) in the new paradigm.
Things can change fast in world politics, even if they’ve been a certain way for a long time. If the benefit is there, leaders will choose to serve their nations / electoral interest first.