BEJING, April 1. /TASS/. Multiple European countries have been wary of political restrictions being imposed on them by Washington and Brussels as they are seeking to build relations with China on their own, William Jones, a US political analyst and the former Washington Bureau Chief for the Executive Intelligence Review, said at an international symposium hosted by the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) at the Renmin University of China.
"Many of the European countries themselves are beginning to weary of the straitjacket imposed on them by the EU and the US and are seeking their own agreements with China," he said.
According to him, while the United States and Europe "are suffering economically and socially from the self-inflicted blows of pursuing a no-win war in Ukraine, China is holding up the option of continuing global economic development by its laser-light focus on a technology-driven course."
"While Europe suffers by paying the cost of the Anglo-American war in Ukraine, China and the countries of the Global South have the option of moving forward, independently from any marching orders from Washington and Brussels," Jones maintained.
The presentation of a study looking into the high-quality development of China drafted by experts at RDCY, the Free Economic Society of Russia, the India China Economic and Cultural Council, the Center for China-US Cooperation at the University of Denver as well as the Geopolitical Economy Research Group at the University of Manitoba was held at RDCY. At a conference that followed experts from Brazil, Great Britain, India, Canada, China and other countries exchanged opinions on Chinese development prospects and other economic issues.