Commentary The relationship between China and Europe is deteriorating, and the European Union (EU) on May 20 passed a resolution to freeze ratification of the EU–China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), in response to China’s sanctions on EU politicians. What is foreseeable is that the Xi administration will make appropriate adjustments to its policy toward Europe in the future. At the current stage, Beijing is not willing or ready to let the EU become another rival in addition to the United States. The recent series of actions by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) show that Xi Jinping, the CCP’s top leader, has repeatedly misjudged Europe, which is one of the reasons why the relationship between China and Europe has come to this point. Misjudgment 1: Beijing thinks the EU will be quiet about China’s human rights violations in exchange for economic benefits. On the evening of Dec. 30, 2020, China …