# HR backs a three-part China line: partner, competitor, rival

Date: 2023

In 2023 [Borrell](/people/josep-borrell) publicly restated the Union’s partner-competitor-systemic-rival framing after the ballooning of Chinese support for Russia’s war economy. A framing is not de-risking. It is a completed diplomatic line.

## People

- Josep Borrell: https://factrail.ai/people/josep-borrell

## Drivers

- Industrial-Policy Activism: https://factrail.ai/drivers/industrial-policy-activism

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-borrell-china-rival-2023/
- https://www.eeas.europa.eu/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-borrell-china-2023