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Germany\u2019s new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has had his first telephone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Scholz, who succeeded Angela Merkel on December 8, pledged to strengthen economic ties with China, but failed to mention human rights or the destruction of democracy in Hong Kong.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Germany’s New Government: Business as Usual with China<\/h3>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | December 31, 2021<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has had his first telephone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Scholz, who succeeded Angela Merkel as chancellor on December 8, pledged to strengthen economic ties with China, but he failed to mention human rights or the destruction of democracy in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

The telephone call will disappoint those who had hoped that Germany\u2019s new government \u2014 a three-way coalition consisting of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), the environmentalist Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) \u2014 would break with the past and take distance from Merkel\u2019s policy of appeasing dictators and sacrificing human rights on the altar of financial gain.<\/p>\n

The call raises the question of who will determine Germany\u2019s China policy: Chancellor Scholz (SPD), who advocates for pragmatism and continuity, or Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens), who is critical of China and has called for a values-based foreign policy and the implementation of Western ideas of human rights and the rule of law.<\/p>\n

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