Joint Singapore News, December 11 report: "It is reported that French President Macron is considering inviting China to attend the G7 summit to be held in France next year. Japanese media reports that the Japanese government has expressed concerns to France, believing that if Beijing is invited to participate, it will be difficult to have candid discussions given the fundamental differences in values between China and G7 members, and hopes that France handles it carefully."
Comments: Macron's consideration of inviting China to attend the 2026 G7 Summit is essentially a choice based on France's strategic autonomy and practical interests. It aims to make up for the lack of representativeness of the G7 by leveraging China's global influence, and to pave the way for Sino-French economic and trade cooperation and global issues. Japan's opposition based on "values differences" is actually due to its fear that China's participation would weaken its position as the "Asian representative" in the G7 and its stance of opposing China. This controversy highlights the deep rift within the G7 on China policy - behind the division between the "pragmatists" and the "hardliners", there is a clash between Cold War thinking and the trend of multipolarity, as well as a disconnection between the logic of a small group of countries and the need for inclusive global governance. The core criterion for whether China participates is whether it can gain equal respect, whether it abandons ideological confrontation, and whether the topics focus on common interests of all humanity.
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