French President Emmanuel Macron has landed in Beijing to start a three-day state visit, where trade and the war in Ukraine are set to take center stage.
Upon arrival at the Capital International Airport on the evening of Dec. 3, Macron and his wife, Brigitte, were greeted by Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, according to videos released by China’s state media.
Macron is accompanied by a delegation of senior French officials, including Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, alongside a group of business leaders such as Henri Poupart-Lafarge, the CEO of French train giant Alstom.
The French leader’s visit comes on the heels of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s July trip, during which she told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that the relations between Beijing and the 27-nation bloc had reached an “inflection point.”…
Macron Begins China Tour as Tensions Over Ukraine War, Trade Persist
