As McCarthy Meets Leader of the Republic of China, Macron Meets With Xi

Let him tread carefully, for he is beckoning Europe onto a path away from America.

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The European Commission president, Ursula van der Leyen, and President Macron before a working lunch, April 3, 2023, at the Elysee Palace, Paris. AP/Aurelien Morissard

As Speaker McCarthy meets today with the president of the Republic of China, Tsai Ing-wen, President Macron of France is in Beijing attempting to woo the Chinese Communist Party boss. The schedules, while coincidental, are telling. What they tell is the tale of America and Europe as strange bedfellows — and on Communist China, perhaps, bedfellows no more.

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