Scholz expects to visit China with a business delegation on April 15 and 16. This will be Scholz’s first trip to China since the lifting of strict coronavirus restrictions.

On February 9, the German Chancellor will travel to Washington, where American President Joe Biden will meet with him. They are expected to discuss further supplies of weapons and financial assistance to Ukraine. The German Chancellor was last in Beijing in early November 2022, writes Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.