Questions of Sovereignty on the Line as Chicom Regime Tests Europe’s Red Lines

One can bet it’s not peace that China is seeking as it tries to hold itself out as a peacemaker.

Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, file
Communist China's ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, at Ottawa, Ontario, in 2019. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, file

One might imagine that questioning the sovereignty of more than a handful of European states by the envoy of another would draw ire from Europe’s leaders. One might even imagine that it would prompt European officials to reconsider the nature of their diplomatic relations with the offending party.

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