China and the EU relation, which was once based on trade, has soured due to the conflict in Ukraine

Although China and Europe do not have a cold war, bilateral relations are becoming increasingly icy.

China's unwillingness to denounce Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which is seen as an existential threat to European security, is the latest and most serious of Beijing's challenges to the rules-based order that the European Union claims to follow.

Europe has often handled tensions with its biggest trading partner ....