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When 🇩🇪 Chancellor Olaf #Scholz arrives in #China on Nov 4, he will be the first G-7 leader to visit 🇨🇳 since the beginning of the pandemic.
🇩🇪, 🇨🇳, and the world have fundamentally changed over the past 3 years.
Why is this visit so significant?
🧵 #ScholzChina
🇩🇪, 🇨🇳, and the world have fundamentally changed over the past 3 years.
Why is this visit so significant?
🧵 #ScholzChina
Since 🇨🇳and🇩🇪 established bilateral relations in 1972, four 🇩🇪 Chancellors have visited the PRC 22 times.
Visits traditionally served to open the door for 🇩🇪 businesses & foster cultural exchanges. They included cultural programs, joint venture tours, and a pinch of absurdity.
Visits traditionally served to open the door for 🇩🇪 businesses & foster cultural exchanges. They included cultural programs, joint venture tours, and a pinch of absurdity.
In 1975, then Chancellor Helmut Schmidt discussed international affairs and the state of the Soviet Union and with a visibly fragile Mao Zedong (for 3-Hrs). Schmidt also met with (then not yet rehabilitated) Deng Xiaoping, a fellow chain-smoker. 
