The gray haze hanging over Beijingโs winter skyline lately feels less like a meteorological phenomenon and more like a physical manifestation of the uncertainty clouding global diplomacy. As French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping stood face to face, they prepared to move the heavy chess pieces that would determine the trajectory of the post-2025 world order. This meeting was far more than a ceremonial handshake; it was a laboratory for redesigning the architecture of modern power.
History often turns its sharpest corners in silence. The scenes witnessed in Beijing recently represent exactly such a moment. Macron, the architect of Europeโs dream of โstrategic autonomy,โ traveled to the Eastern capital to confront a civilization that has confidently reasserted itself. Reading between the lines reveals a picture that transcends the boundaries of a standard state visit.
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