China's rigid foreign external policy with some countries who have lost their hearts in Europe, in the ambition to expand their effects.
European Parliament (EP) on May 19 through a frozen resolution any review or approval of a comprehensive investment agreement (CAI) between China and the European Union (EU)
EP also requires strengthening the EU foreign investment supervision regulations, foreign subsidies and other measures aimed directly at China.
This is considered a blow to China, because only 6 months ago, Beijing was still confident to have won a strategic victory in the ambition to expand the Atlantic Ocean.
Chinese President Xi Binh (left) met French President Emmanuel Macron (middle) and German Prime Minister Angela Merkel in March 2019.
The movements in the European Made of Beijing leaders are concerned about their foreign situation, because now, not only relations with the United States difficult to improve, the relationship between China and the EU is also entering the lane
China - EU has completed negotiations at the end of 2020, considered a rare diplomatic bright spot between Beijing and Western governments after a year of US-China relations.
It was the time when EU - US relations were no longer sweet and sweet rice, after a chaotic term of Donald Trump, who pursued isolates and the US policy first.
Their calculations seemed to have succeeded with the EU in December last year reached a political agreement with China on Cai, to improve the Chinese market accessibility of European companies.
But that's the story of half a year ago.
China has worked up to the last minute to save the deal.
Italy is the only member of the group of G7 developed industrial countries agreed to participate in Chinese belt and road initiatives (Bri).
Beijing expects to delay the freezing the G20 Summit in Rome, but their efforts have poured the river.
China has surpassed the United States to become the EU's largest trading partner in 2020. CAI promises to erase many investment barriers, helping the European company go to the Chinese playground more convenient and bring benefits to benefits
In March, the EU applied a series of sanctions with Chinese officials accused of violating human rights in Xinjiang.
In response, Beijing suppressed a sanctions with 10 individuals in Europe, including a Lithuanian parliamentary member, banning these people to the mainland and the two specials of Hong Kong and Macau.
Foreign Minister Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis on May 22 announced that the country left the 17 + 1 partner frame between China with 17 Central and Eastern European countries.
Financial Technology Conference in the 17 + 1 cooperation framework took place in Lithuania in November 2019.
However, the large country-style foreign policy that China pursued is the source of Lithuania decided to leave groups of 17 + 1.
China removes a retaliate punishment package as one of the EP-side requirements to resume CAI approval.
Lithuanium seems to have recalculated the strategy, noticing that they will respond to Beijing more effectively as an EU member instead of being mixed in a group of 17 business cooperation and investment with Central
Besides, the Russian relationship - the middle on a tight insistence raised geopolitical security concerns for Lithuania.
Chinese President taking online proximity to EU leaders in December 2020.
The developments in Europe happened in the middle of the department of international relations gradually disagree to Beijing.
In Indian Ocean - Pacific, Australian relations - China stressed after many security and economic controversy.
American - middle relations are less hoping to prosper under President Joe Biden.
When Biden came to power, the US not only improved relations with Europe but also strengthened the strategic pairs and groups around China as Korea, Japan, the quartet security dialogue model with Japan,
President Biden also plans to meet the summit with Russian co-author Vladimir Putin in mid-June. The event is expected to find a collaboration between the two pepper despite many different interests.
Before such a disadvantage trend, Beijing remained steadfastly with a controversial strainer.
Global Times even threatens that small water is aggressive, turning himself into a competitive tool, which will take trouble.
Meanwhile, the US and the EU began to work closer to put the stance with China, as the meeting on May 5 between EU Commission Joseph Borrell with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, or the first negotiation between
Observers said that if Beijing decided not to change his mind, the deadlock situation was likely to become a new normal in relation to the West.