The Irish Times view on Xi Jinping’s European visit: tensions remain over trade and Ukraine

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Xi Jinping, China's president, left, and Emmanuel Macron, France's president, at Tarbes-Lourdes Pyrenees airport, in Tarbes, France, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The EU and China have found themselves at odds on multiple fronts, including Russia's war in Ukraine and international commerce. Photographer: Matthieu Rondel/Bloomberg Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe this week, his first in five years, highlighted the deterioration in China’s relationship with the continent since 2019 amid tensions over trade and the war in Ukraine. But while the biggest disputes remained unresolved, the Chinese leader was left in no doubt about the depth of feeling about them among...