"When I arrived in Brussels, I realised that we don't know enough about China," warned Jamil Anderlini, POLITICO Europe's regional director, at the La Toja Forum. Spain, often seen as 'China-friendly', hardly debates strategic ports or Huawei. Strategy or ignorance? Our editor and director, Marc López Plana, concludes in his European Compass column that if Spain fails to approach "its relationship with Beijing in an informed, conscious and strategic way, particular interests will prevail over those of the State."