09-05-2023, 01:49 PM
In mid-April, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang raced through the People's Republic at a speed of 330 km/h - in the Chinese high-speed train.
That didn't mean that disagreements were settled during this top-speed visit. The relationship with the country, which is a "systemic rival" and "partner" in one, is too complicated for that.
This also and especially applies to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, which Beijing is still playing down as a "crisis":
I have to say openly that I wonder why the Chinese position so far has not included a call for the aggressor Russia to stop the war,
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
Qin Gang's usual frank words from the German Foreign Minister were too frank in some places, including on the subject of human rights:
What China needs least are teachers from the West, China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang.
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpo...h-100.html
That didn't mean that disagreements were settled during this top-speed visit. The relationship with the country, which is a "systemic rival" and "partner" in one, is too complicated for that.
This also and especially applies to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, which Beijing is still playing down as a "crisis":
I have to say openly that I wonder why the Chinese position so far has not included a call for the aggressor Russia to stop the war,
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
Qin Gang's usual frank words from the German Foreign Minister were too frank in some places, including on the subject of human rights:
What China needs least are teachers from the West, China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang.
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpo...h-100.html