Xi meets Macron and VDL; Reactions to Tsai's transit; More inspection fun coming for SOEs; Covid origins
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Xi meets Macron - Xi did not make any public shifts in the PRC’s position on the Ukraine War, so it looks like Macron’s charm was not effective. Among the key themes in his meeting with Macron and with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were autonomy for Europe, supply chain security, no decoupling, a multi-p…