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7 May 2026
While the EU has been nominally supportive of strategic autonomy, countries like Germany continue to allow China to have influence in key sectors. However, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are leading the way in decoupling from Beijing and giving democratic Taiwan a chance to invest as well.
As China’s president, Xi Jinping, has just been elected to a precedent-breaking third term as leader of the Chinese Communist Party, the world’s second-biggest economy continues to have big plans for itself on the world stage.
After abolishing term limits in 2018, political purges, increased surveillance and social control, Xi has managed to consolidate his personal power the likes of which China hasn’t seen since the days of Mao Zedong.
This power grab comes during a tumultuous year for Beijing. With mounting domestic economic troubles – triggered by financial fraud schemes, the implosion of the real estate market, draconic Covid-19 lockdowns, doubling down on threats to annex Taiwan and tacit consent for Russia’s actions in Ukraine – China seems to be on the brink of a more brazen realignment of its place in the world.
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