Scholz defends his China position, ‘hits brakes’ on EU’s extreme confrontational direction

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers his first government statement at the Reichstag building in Berlin Dec. 15, 2021, after he was elected as the new federal chancellor Dec. 8. Photo:Xinhua

By: Wang Qi.

In the midst of tension from the US and EU countries, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz guarded his China position one day before his excursion to Beijing, focusing on that Germany would rather not decouple from China, and the nation's ascent didn't legitimize "the calls by some to confine China."

In spite of the fact that Scholz likewise required an adjustment of the approach to managing China and pushes China on the Ukraine emergency and the Taiwan question, Chinese specialists said Scholz's voice and excursion ought to be seen as "pummeling the brakes" on the super fierce heading in which Europe is moving, and may address a re-visitation of "creating relations with China normally."

In an article distributed on Politico and the German paper Sausage Allgemeine Zeitung on Thursday, Scholz focused "the way that we manage China should change," as well as the need to diminish "dangerous conditions" in modern stockpile chains, particularly with regards to state of the art advancements. Nonetheless, he likewise proposed that the US shouldn't drag Germany into alliance conflict with Beijing.

"Of the relative multitude of nations on the planet, Germany — which had such an excruciating encounter of division during the V*rus W*r — cares very little about seeing new coalitions arise on the planet," read Scholz's article. "Indeed, even in changed conditions, China stays a significant business and exchanging accomplice for Germany and Europe — we would rather not decouple from it."

"The previous 50 years of trades and collaboration has completely shown that China and Germany have more normal ground than contrasts, participation far offset rivalry, and we are accomplices instead of adversaries. The two sides have profited from one another's turn of events and down to earth collaboration," Chinese Unfamiliar Service representative Zhao Lijian said at a press instructions on Thursday.

A sound China-Germany relationship helps the two nations, yet additionally China, Europe and the world, Zhao said, "China will keep on maintaining the standard of sober minded collaboration and common advantage and work with Germany to additionally advance respective relations and offer more to world harmony and security."

Scholz is set to visit Beijing and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, alongside a designation of senior business pioneers, including the CEOs of Deutsche Bank, Siemens, immunization creator BioNTech and BMW, media revealed.

Sun Keqin, an exploration individual at the China Foundations of Contemporary Worldwide Relations, told the Worldwide Times on Thursday that as the primary G7 pioneer to visit China starting from the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, Scholz is confronting enormous tension both at home and in Europe, given the ongoing overt sensitivity in countering China and inclining in the direction of the US.

While Scholz is on his Beijing trip, the unfamiliar pastors from the G7 bunch, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meet in Germany from Thursday to Friday. Germany's unfamiliar pastor Annalena Baerbock, from the alliance accomplice Green Faction, which has consistently shown a supportive of US position, as of late said that Berlin's China procedure should have been more emphatic.

Scholz addressed the practical interests of Germany and Europe, supported by a power that underlined sound collaboration between China, Germany and Europe, Sun said.

Scholz's excursion would welcome a re-visitation of sane reasoning on relations with China, which is a positive sign for the individuals who advance the improvement of China-EU relations, Sun said.

Scholz's visit to China is a "ramming of the brakes" on the super fierce course in which Europe is moving, Sun said.

"We should investigate where collaboration stays to our greatest advantage. We will look for collaboration where it lies to our greatest advantage, however we won't overlook discussions all things considered. For that is a vital part of an open trade among Germany and China," Scholz said in his article.

2022 imprints the 50th commemoration of the establishing of China-Germany strategic relations. The sound improvement of China-Germany relations in the past has been a genuine instance of looking for shared belief while racking contrasts and chasing after mutually beneficial collaboration, experts said.

From the very outset of the foundation of conciliatory relations to the present, the philosophy and social arrangement of China and Germany have been unique and have not changed. The US has raised philosophy to an essential level and approached its Western partners to contain China, a Beijing-based worldwide relations master told the Worldwide Times.

Despite the fact that China has the most over the top total modern limit and modern item design on the planet, it is likewise related with the remainder of the world, which is an inescapable type of globalization. Typical monetary and exchange relations ought not be politicized or disparaged, the master said.