Scholz in Beijing – short trip without s • Table.Briefings

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Beijing in early November. One thing is already clear: It will not be a trip that turns relations with China upside down. What is missing is a solidarity between the German government and the EU that could leave an impression on Xi.

After a Covid break of just over three years, a German government leader will once again travel to China. Social democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s (SPD) stopover in Beijing in early November is expected to be the official starting signal for a resumption of face-to-face diplomacy between the European Union and the People’s Republic – and thus also an opportunity to recalibrate relations.

Scholz in Beijing – short trip without strategy?

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