Why Scholz's visit to China is sparking concerns in Europe

His visit has sparked reactions in Germany and concerns everywhere in Europe, after the Chinese leader “decemented” his position in power, the BBC writes, Pryscopy follows.

Scholz spoke of having <x0) economic connections as equal parties, with reciprocity”.

President Xi said the two countries should work together in “the timing of changes and uncertainties”

The German Chancellor- who is the first of a G7 Group leader since the Corleone pandemic - is being conveyed with great dissatisfaction within the government in Berlin.

It has been reported that a Chinese company is preparing to purchase large shares in a section of Hamburg port. No fewer than six government ministers reacted loudly.

The agreement, they said, would enable China to have a major impact on critical German infrastructure. Germany's security services also called for caution.

But the German Chancellor seemed determined that the agreement should continue as it was reported that he was pushing ahead an agreement.

However, a large number of commentators doubted a hidden motive; that Olaf Sholz did not want to appear in Beijing without a “gift” for Xi Jingping.

The Chancellor's visit took place shortly after the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, in which President Xi reaffirmed his continuing power as concerns over Taiwan grew in the West.

But Olaf Scholz will be extremely aware of his country's complexity and depth of ties with China, which remains Germany's biggest trade partner, even though Germany imports more than it exports.

More than one million German jobs depend on this relationship. Like, the Daimler Car giant who sells over a third of its production in China.

Olaf Scholz is Merkel's successor in much more than just a name, according to many minds of European Union leaders.

Its huge package of aid to help German businesses with high energy prices is being seen as those tou were given a fair advantage to racers in the single European market.

And his trip to China, announced but not co-ordinated with others to the European Union, has stirred frustration across Europe. France's President Emmanuel Macron warned Scholz that he is risking becoming isolated.

The French leader for years has called for the European Union to become less dependent on Beijing. Critics accused him of “protechnism”.

But after the collapse of the world's supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, <x0matisation” of imports and energy exports following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump presidency, it has become clear that Europe should not depend so much on the United States in terms of security.

With Macro's insistence that the continent become more connected and independent, the diversification of its trading partners began to become more sensitive to Brussels. Olaf Scholz is seeing the most disturbing way out of step. /Periscopi/

It says: BBC, translate: Periscope