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A small correction on the EU sanctions question. It was not ‘the EU’ that decided to talk with Beijing on lifting the sanctions on MEPs. It was Beijing and the European Parliament.

The EP-Beijing thing did not concern other European targets of the Chinese sanctions, despite previous chatter about mutual lifting suggestions from China. To me it seems Beijing took the chance to work with the EP to present the reluctant European Commission with the suggestion of momentum.

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