Lula turns his back on the West in Beiji • Table.Briefings

President Xi welcomes Brazil’s President Lula with much pomp.

His predecessor Bolsonaro got along well with Donald Trump and showed reservations toward China. But Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has a different plan for his country and is courting the leadership in Beijing. Xi Jinping thanks him with much pomp and calls him a „good old friend“ in Beijing.

While China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock exchanged a few blows in Beijing on Friday, another visit was much more harmonious: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited the Chinese capital on the same day as Baerbock.

Lula turns his back on the West in Beijing

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