Naturally, officials in Beijing listened carefully to Ursula von der Leyen during her keynote speech on China policy last week. But despite her clear choice of words, the Commission President and French President Emmanuel Macron are likely to be spared criticism from the Chinese during their trip to China. Ahead of today’s important talks with Head of State Xi Jinping , Jörn Petring and Amelie Richter capture the mood in the People’s Republic. The state media, for example, seem to agree on who is to blame for the cooled relations between Brussels and Beijing: the United States.