US-China rhetoric versus reality

In Asia the US-China rivalry news is incessantly in the face on US-China conflicts. The rivalry was not headline news within Europe. Europe appeared more concerned with the urgent job of economic recovery

COMING back from a trip to Europe suggested to me that the United States-China rivalry was not headline news within Europe.

Europe appeared more concerned with the urgent job of economic recovery amidst the Omicron threat that is leading to more lockdowns. Protests in Rotterdam and elsewhere showed that the public, especially the young, are rebelling against further restrictions to their rights to socialise.