On 4 November, Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Beijing, where he met with Chairman of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Scholz was accompanied by representatives of German companies, including Volkswagen, BMW, BASF, Bayer and Deutsche Bank. One of the topics discussed with Xi was the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Scholz stressing the importance of Beijing exerting influence on Moscow to make it abide by the principles of the UN Charter. …read more
Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)