Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi's eight-day European charm offensive was a failure

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas welcomes Wang Yi before a meeting in Berlin on Sep. 1: Beijing must realize that Europe can't be so easily bought. © Reuters
Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.