Chinese PLA delegation holds defense strategy talks in France, Germany

The significance here is less about any concrete defense outcome than about the continuation of military-to-military dialogue between China and two major European states at a time when such channels are uneven. The visits put France and Germany in a similar posture — keeping strategic communication open with the PLA while managing their own security concerns — which matters for how Europe calibrates its China policy as a bloc. Whether this consultation format produces anything beyond agreed language on trust and exchanges is the open question worth watching.