Germany needs to prove its new China strategy is more than talk

Chancellor Scholz has gone too far in seeking to avoid offending Beijing

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Demonstrators in Berlin wearing masks depicting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping protest human rights conditions in China in June. (dpa via AP)

Axel Berkofsky is an associate professor at the University of Pavia in Pavia, Italy and co-head of the Asia Centre of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies in Milan.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under pressure from friend and foe alike over his government's policies toward China.

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