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Macron arrives in China hoping to talk Xi into changing stance on Ukraine

Emmanuel Macron arrives in Beijing on Wednesday for the start of his state visit to China.
Emmanuel Macron arrives in Beijing on Wednesday for the start of his state visit to China. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Emmanuel Macron has arrived in China for a three-day state visit during which he hopes to dissuade Xi Jinping from supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while also developing European trade ties with Beijing.

Shortly after arriving in the Chinese capital, Macron said he wanted to push back against the idea that there was an “inescapable spiral of mounting tensions” between China and the west.

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