Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a delicate balancing act this week at German-Chinese government consultations in Berlin, seeking to maintain good ties with Germany's largest trade partner while complying with a G7 pledge to 'de-risk' from Beijing.
"The China-Germany government consultations are very distinctive among China’s relations with large Western countries," said Wang Yiwei, director of the Centre for European Studies, Renmin University of China.
Analysts in Berlin said the Chinese delegation would likely lobby the German government directly and indirectly via big business to press the European Union not to go too far in regulating business in China. They also come as Germany's foreign ministry finalises a paper on its approach to China, which is expected to reflect the tougher stance it outlined in its first nationalChina poses a growing threat to global security, aggressively claiming supremacy in Asia and seeking to use its economic might to achieve political goals, the strategy said.
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