Germany's Scholz treads carefully in China visit as Xi seeks legitimacy

Berlin struggles to find right distance with its most important market

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Nov. 4. © Pool photo/Reuters

TSUKASA HADANO and TAKERO MINAMI, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/MUNSTER, Germany -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's visit to Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing shows how both sides are groping their way toward a relationship while avoiding political land mines like Taiwan and human rights.

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