China has evolved into a security threat for Europe through its relationship with Russia, a fact that Brussels should not underestimate despite economic interests. This is the core message of a report by the European China think tank Merics, the US-based German Marshall Fund (GMF), and the British think tank Chatham House. China’s ongoing support for Russia should change the assessment of the People’s Republic beyond the existing perception of China as a partner, competitor and systemic rival, write the authors, Abigaël Vasselier, Natalie Sabanadze, and Gunnar Wiegand, in the report published on Wednesday.