Emmanuel Macron hosts Xi Jinping in attempt to strengthen EU-China relationship

French leader invited Angela Merkel to 'unprecedented' talks with Xi Jinping French president Emmanuel Macron launched a charm offensive towards his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday, talking of multilateralism and cooperation and tip-toeing around subjects such as human rights. In a meeting during a bilateral three-day state visit to France, Macron took the unprecedented step of inviting the German chancellor, Angela Merkel and the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, to P...