Macron sends fatal signal to Taiwan

Emmanuel Macron complied with Xi Jinping’s request and announced that Europe would „follow neither the US nor China“ on Taiwan, which the state media celebrated. At the same time, the People’s Liberation Army followed up with a fierce maneuver: It practiced encircling Taiwan and engaging targets on the island.

Just hours after a feel-good trip by Emmanuel Macron together with Xi Jinping to southern China, the Chinese navy has begun a major maneuver around Taiwan. While several fleets practiced a blockade of the Taiwanese islands, Macron spoke in an interview of how Europe should „follow neither the United States nor China“ on the Taiwan issue. It should go its own way and thus become the „third superpower“, the French president said in said interview with the newspaper Les Echos.

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