China’s Wang Yi to test whether transatlantic turmoil can soften Europe’s Nordic hawks

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi begins a diplomatic tour of Nordic European countries, including Denmark and Sweden, aiming to ease tensions and find openings with some of the bloc's most China-critical governments amid shifting geopolitical dynamics.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi kicks off a rare tour of Europe’s Nordic countries on Thursday, as Beijing tests whether it can use shifting geopolitical sands to find openings among some of the bloc’s most China-critical governments. The veteran diplomat will be in Denmark on Thursday and Friday for a series of meetings with Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and a personal audience with King Frederik. In Stockholm he will meet Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister...