[JonPreston]

And now it’s beginning to show, as in the case of the German leader heading to China, WITHOUT US APPROVAL and trying to work out deals with them

Very good point. Scholz is in deep trouble at home and is probably the next in line to suffer from the Zelenskyy Curse

Germany’s leader and top CEOs have arrived in Beijing. They need China more than ever

The energy crisis could fragment the European Union

[Cathi]

Wang Wenbin Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

I appreciate a quote of former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt used, that political leaders should have the serenity to accept the things they cannot change, the courage to change the things they can change, and the wisdom to distinguish between the two.

It is important that China and Germany respect each other, accommodate each other’s core interests, adhere to dialogue and consultation, and jointly resist disturbance from bloc confrontation and attempts to see everything through the prism of ideology.
-President Xi Jinping, when meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
|Xinhua News Agency