The case of the “spy ball” and its fall usa caused a shake-up in relations between Washington and Beijing, an event that is also of concern to European governments.

As stated in his article Politicowhile relations between the two superpowers are in crisis, European diplomats are under pressure from White House who asks them to “pick sides” and join forces against China.

All this time Russia appears to be gearing up for a major new offensive into Ukraine in the coming weeks..

Indicative of the climate is the statement of a European diplomat: “By no means did we expect 2023 to be an easy year, but what is happening now is considered a really difficult starting point.”

On Saturday, US forces shot down an object off the coast of South Carolina that they identified as a Chinese spy balloon. The downing was carried out by fire from a fighter. F-22.

US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenannounced the indefinite postponement of his visit to Beijing, which was scheduled for this week. In fact, it was the first visit by an American minister to China during the Biden presidency.

And all this despite the fact that the Beijing side still claims that this huge object was a “civilian aircraft” that deviated from the set course during meteorological surveys.

Yes Yes the Chinese government expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with the use of the missiles, protesting the US choice to “attack an unmanned civil aircraft”. Beijing says it “reserves the right to respond in a similar manner.”

And while U.S. foreign policy still seems fixated on military support for Ukraine, it seems there is an opportunity to “distance” from the Ukrainian language, after a dispute with China.

We remind you that the right wing of conservatives in the US has expressed a request to pay more attention to China.

“More pressure on Europeans”

As the confrontation between the US and China intensifies, Ricardo Borges de Castro, head of the World Congress’s European program at the Center for European Policy, a Brussels-based think tank, believes there will be more pressure on Europeans.

Borges continues: “The reality is this: as the world increasingly intersects into two great poles – the United States and China – then Europe and the European Union will have to choose a side, and the defense and security of Europe depend on the American “umbrella”.

At the same time, a new massive Russian attack on Ukraine is expected to be imminent in the coming weeks, when the “deep” winter has passed, as Politico reports, citing Ukrainian officials.

AND while Europe keeps an eye on developments in Ukraine, a senior EU diplomat believes that “Washington will be busy with Beijing for some more time,” stressing that “this is bad news for Europe, which still worries about Russia the most.” “.