Independent, objective perception of China would stop EU being led astray

With the United States constantly pressing its European allies to jump on its bandwagon to contain China's rise and development while peddling anti-China narratives worldwide, the European Union has increasingly tended to view China through a lens provided by the US and treat it as a strategic competitor and even a rival.

Such a perception is ideologically biased and detrimental to China-EU ties as it does not reflect either the width or depth of China's reciprocal cooperation with the EU.

China has repeatedly said the US' decoupling approach is neither reasonable nor feasible in a globalized world, and that it hopes the EU will stop blindly following the US and adopt a more independent, objective and pragmatic approach toward its interaction with China.