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The German Foreign Minister spoke plain language in China – and did a lot better than French President Macron.
You have to keep a cool head in relations with China. A glorification – according to the motto: important market for German companies – is just as out of place as a demonization. foreign minister Annalena Baerbock managed to create a well-tempered mix during her visit to Tianjin and Beijing.
On the one hand, she submitted offers of cooperation, such as cooperation on renewable energies. On the other hand, it made Beijing responsible for putting pressure on Russia in the Ukraine war. The foreign minister warned China also from the disastrous consequences of a Taiwan invasion for the world economy. And she raised the issue of human rights.
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that they are theirs criticism formulated soberly and without polemical sharpness, can definitely be described as a learning effect. In the past, she often presented herself as a moral disciplinarian who even gave the chancellor public recommendations for a value-based China policy.
Macron’s shrill appeal was counterproductive
Nevertheless, one thing is true: China is planning its rise to world power and is going about it with hard bandages. Ample subsidies for their own companies are just as much a part of this as the foreclosure of their own markets for foreign companies. In addition, China’s head of state entertains Xi Jinping a dangerous strategic partnership with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The West can only negotiate successfully with China if it remains united and adopts a dual strategy of dialogue and toughness. French President Emmanuel Macron’s strident appeal Europa should not become a “vassal” of the USA was counterproductive. Baerbock did better in Beijing.
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