Having suffered in recent months due to an overreliance on Russian energy, many are keen to avoid the same pitfalls with Beijing.
Between January and June this year, German businesses invested more than €10bn in the country, according to a study by the German Economic Institute .Figures this week from the Federal Statistical Office show most imports also came from China, with a 5.4% increase on the month in September, while exports back the other way dipped by 2%.
In recent years, Berlin has become more hawkish in some of its actions, for example, sending a warship to the South China Sea in 2021 for the first time in almost two decades, and dispatching fighter jets to Australia, Japan and South Korea earlier this year. Annalena Baerbock has said she expects Olaf Scholz to raise the issues of human rights, international law and fair conditions of competition during his visit, according to Der Spiegel.
The German government is considering issues like tensions over Taiwan and Hong Kong and human rights concerns as it drafts its first China strategy due for release next year.However, Scholz' insistence that"decoupling is the wrong answer" has left some concerned he won't stand up to Xi Jinping.
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