BEIJING JUST REDREW THE MAP OF POWER
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BEIJING JUST REDREW THE MAP OF POWER
Xi Jinping looked Emmanuel Macron in the eye and asked France to help build a world without American primacy.
Not in backchannels. Not through intermediaries. On camera. December 4, 2025.
The exact words from China’s Foreign Ministry: “Make new contributions toward promoting an equal and orderly multipolar world.”
Translation: Choose.
The numbers tell the real story.
The EU runs a €300 billion annual deficit with China. France alone: €20 billion in the red. China now represents 46% of France’s total trade gap.
And yet: 12 cooperation agreements signed in a single afternoon. Nuclear. Agriculture. Education. AI.
No breakthrough on EV tariffs. No resolution on rare earths. No Airbus mega-order.
So what did Beijing actually buy?
A photograph. A signal. A crack in the Western facade wide enough to drive a wedge through.
Macron wants strategic autonomy. Xi wants a fractured Atlantic. Their interests align just enough to terrify Washington.
Here is what nobody is saying:
This visit was never about trade balances. It was a job interview. China is actively recruiting the next generation of post-American partners, and Europe’s most ambitious leader just flew 8,000 kilometers to audition.
The test comes in 2026. Watch how France votes on China EV duties. Watch whether Paris pressures Brussels to soften. Watch if NATO cohesion holds when the costs arrive.
Macron walked the tightrope. But tightropes have two ends.
One anchored in Washington. One held by Beijing.
The rope is getting longer. The wind is picking up.
And 300 billion euros of gravity pulls in only one direction.
The post-American order did not begin with a declaration.
It began with a handshake in the Great Hall of the People.
posted by Satish Sharma at
03:50
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