- Germany’s Scholz to travel to China on November 3-4 The chancellor is walking a thin line between business interests and human rights concerns.
- A German government spokesperson declined to comment on the trip.
- Scholz raised eyebrows at the end of last year when he discussed "the deepening" of economic relations with China in a phone call with Xi and expressed hope that the stalled EU-China investment deal, which had been pushed forward at Merkel's behest, "will take effect as soon as possible" — although the ratification of that deal has been halted amid human rights concerns.
- This would be a sign of sovereignty and strength and a guarantee of change for the better."
- On Friday, Scholz said that he found it "regrettable" that the U.N. Human Rights Council last week rejected a push to hold a debate on the issue.
- "I think it was very right that there was an investigation," Scholz said. "