Alarm on both sides of Atlantic as French president warns against being drawn into any Taiwan conflict
Emmanuel Macron has flown into a storm of criticism after he said Europe should not become a “vassal” and must avoid being drawn into any conflict between the US and China over Taiwan.
The French president made the remarks in an interview on his plane after a three-day state visit to China, where he received a red carpet welcome by President Xi Jinping – a show of pageantry that alarmed some European China watchers.
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