WASHINGTON—China’s communist leadership is attempting to fracture European unity and sow distrust in international organizations, according to testimony received by a U.S. government agency.
China now considers a politically fragmented Europe to be among its core interests, according to Andrew Small, a senior fellow for the German Marshall Fund think tank.
“I think that has been one of the big shifts on the Chinese side [in recent years],” Small said during a June 15 hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC).
“The belief has … become that it’s better to be able to deal with individual European member states on an individual basis, it’s better to be able to sort of carve up Europe.”…