Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul had to cancel an October trip to China after making a series of critical comments about the country. Now he's trying again, with rare earths on the agenda.
So now it's happening after all: From this Sunday until next Wednesday, Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will travel to China. There is a lot to discuss with the Chinese government.
Wadephul, a member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), originally planned his first trip to China for October 26. But on October 24, he canceled at short notice. According to political insiders in Berlin, Wadephul had not been able to schedule talks with enough high-profile partners, so he decided the trip was not worth mak
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