Europeans see China as a big export market and a big investor. Unlike the US keen on maintaining its hegemony in the Pacific, Europeans have no geopolitical stakes in the Pacific. Germany’ s strategic calculations are mostly based on how to maximize its exports. China has played Europeans very well and now manages so many ports within the EU.

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