EU: ‘End of American-led’ World and Rise of China ‘Happening Before Our Eyes’
The European Union’s top diplomat has called for the bloc to have a “more robust strategy” toward China amid signs that Asia is replacing the United States as the centre of global power.
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told a gathering of German ambassadors on Monday that “analysts have long talked about the end of an American-led system and the arrival of an Asian century.”
“This is now happening in front of our eyes,” he said.
Borrell said the pandemic could be seen as a turning point in the...