BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the European Union to “form its own perception of China” and to adopt an independent China policy, as Beijing grows increasingly worried about Europe’s alignment with the United States, intensified by Russia’s war with Ukraine. But the EU, in its 23rd summit with China on Friday (April 1), came with a clear message: Help stop the war. There were expectations ahead of the virtual meeting that both sides had different agendas – China, for one thing, would have been reluctant to dwell on Ukraine, which the EU has said would be its…