The main problem for Europe’s wannabe China-antagonists is that picking a fight with Beijing would require the very thing populists profess to hate most: more Europe https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/09/17/why-europes-populists-dont-criticise-china?taid=6aaf7fc18f034e000114684b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter