Feisty foreign policy

So far, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock met her counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.

When Olaf Scholz will hold talks in Beijing, things will be tougher for him than for his predecessors. China’s understanding of foreign policy has changed. It sees itself as the spearhead of a new global balance of power. Its partners are also feeling this.

When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lands in China on Friday, he will find a country where diplomacy is defined by competition, struggle and pithy words. Leading Chinese foreign policy officials at the recently concluded Communist Party Congress sparked a fearless „fighting spirit“ in the country’s diplomacy. (China.Table reported).

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