Published: June 18th, 2023,
Last updated: June 19th, 2023
Diplomacy is in full swing lately. While US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been catching up on his long-planned visit to China since Sunday, Berlin is preparing for the first German-Chinese government consultations under Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Scholz and Premier Li Qiang will meet as early as today, Monday. The plenary session with the ministers of both countries will follow on Tuesday. Li has only taken office since March; for him, too, these are the first government consultations with Germany.