China is ready to change everything. What is Xi Jinping up to?

Chinese President Xi Jinping sends his special envoy on a three-week trip to Europe

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This was one of many attempts to salvage the situation before the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China, which will be held this fall. China’s economic development is dangerously slowing down, as is global strategy funding One Belt, One Roadpolitics Zero Covid (“Find, test, trace, isolate and maintain”) was unsuccessful. Besides continued support of Russian President Vladimir Putin overrides Xi’s claim to be the ultimate champion of national sovereignty. After all, Russia’s war against Ukraine continues.

Few China experts believe that Xi Jinping’s rule will face any major challenge, but that cannot be completely ruled out given how many mistakes he has made lately. Thus, Xi Jinping is not making any sudden moves ahead of one of his party’s most important congresses. designed to ensure his continued reign and his place in history.

European business leaders realized this after their recent meetings with Wu Hongbo, the Chinese government’s special representative for European affairs and a former UN deputy secretary general. Everywhere he said the same thing – in Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Germany and Italy.

«The Chinese want to change the course of events to save the day, said one European business leader, who asked not to be named because of his business interests in China. “They realize they have gone too far.”