As Beijing revs up propaganda and soft-power campaigns to portray China as a trusted partner in the fight against Covid-19, a bid to counter the mainstream narrative that it is chiefly responsible for the global pandemic, the European Union (EU) is pushing back against China’s advances.
Josep Borrell, the EU’s top diplomat and foreign policy chief, recently lashed out at China’s so-called Covid-19 “politics of generosity” as a bid to sow divisions in Europe as it grapples with the disease’s rising lethal spread. Read More…