Macron’s Beijing Trip: Balancing Geopolitics Like Juggling Flame-Retardant Chainsaws
KEY POINTS
- •Emmanuel Macron visited Beijing in early December 2025 to engage with China on national and European interests amid complex geopolitics.
- •French diplomats said Macron urged China to influence Russia toward a ceasefire, despite Beijing’s ongoing refusal to condemn Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- •During their meeting at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Macron proposed a threefold agenda focusing on geopolitical stability, economic rebalancing, and environmental sustainability.
On December 4, 2025, Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing for a three-day diplomatic dance, trying to balance French national interests, European concerns, and awkwardly shaking hands with Chinese business masters without dropping his economy’s dignity. Despite China’s well-documented strategy of claiming the world’s most durable case of selective hearing—never condemning Russia’s 2022 Ukraine invasion—French diplomats insist Macron urged Beijing to ‘convince and influence’ Putin to stop the war, as if China moonlighting as peace negotiator is anyone’s first pick. Macron pitched a 'positive threefold agenda,' fancy diplomatic speak for praying economic rebalancing, environmental blah-blah, and geopolitical stability magically fix the mess. Meanwhile, Putin called peace talks 'difficult work,' and Trump swore Vladimir still wants a deal, proving global peace talks are the world’s longest-running buddy comedy.
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Macron in Beijing asking China to act like a responsible adult while they keep quietly nodding at Russia's destruction. It’s like asking a fox to guard the henhouse then being surprised when the hens go missing.
China’s silence on Russia’s invasion sounds less like neutrality and more like waiting for the popcorn to finish before deciding to care.
If peace talks were a sport, these negotiations are the equivalent of watching paint dry while someone loudly insists the wall is just choosing a dramatic finish.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 12/4/2025 | Author: Jakub Krupa
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