Is Anyone in Beijing Listening to Europe?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : If that is the case, then it is important that the European Union is clear about what it wants China to do, and that this is viable.
56% : The European Union is aligning with the United States on its diagnosis and prescriptions concerning the China challenge.
55% : China is hoping for a European security decoupling from the U.S. "No matter how the situation may evolve, China all along sees the European Union as a comprehensive strategic partner and supports European integration," China's newly appointed Foreign Minister Qin Gang said in March.
54% : The European Union should therefore choose its aims carefully.
53% : The European Union needs to act now, and von der Leyen offered several keys, including: making better use of existing EU tools such as the recent anti-coercion instrument (ACI), the foreign direct investment screening mechanism, and foreign subsidies regulation; developing new tools to assist sensitive industries and technologies (quantum computing, AI, biotech, etc.); aligning with partners such as Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, the G-7, the G-20, Mercosur, and others to avoid the "divide and conquer" tactics often used by China in the past (for example: For several years, China used the 17+1 group to attempt a direct dialogue with Eastern and Central European countries, outside of the EU framework; the platform has now become almost dormant).
44% : Still, mature foreign policies can and should walk the security talk and chew the diplomatic gum at the same time, keeping China's market open at a time of economic turbulence and protectionism, and engaging China in serious security and political talks to avoid the worst and maintain a modicum of stability in world politics.

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