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With the European Union feeling betrayed by the "America first" Donald Trump administration on many fronts, including trade and the Ukraine crisis, some Western observers have tried to characterize Beijing’s reaching out to the EU at this juncture as opportunistic. But they should be reminded that diplomatic engagements such as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Ireland on Monday take careful planning and time to arrange, rather than being impromptu or opportunistic. ▲ This photo shows the snow-covered logo of Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb 16, 2025. Photo/Xinhua China and Ireland are both strong advocates of multilateralism and free trade, and China is willing to work with the Western European country to enhance their mutually beneficial cooperation, making it bigger, stronger, deeper and more concrete, in order to achieve shared development and prosperity, as Wang told Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin during their meeting in Dublin on Monday. That W
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