Welcome to Red Thread, Euractiv’s weekly newsletter on the EU’s relationship with China and the wider Asia-Pacific.

I’m Christina Zhao in Oceania, joined by Anupriya Datta in Europe.

This week, we look at the politics of keeping Europeans cool during heatwaves…

(Photo by Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

China did not make Europe hotter. But it did make many of the things Europeans buy when the heat becomes unbearable.