"It's the wrong visit at the wrong time"

When Olaf Scholz travels to China on Thursday to pay his respects to President Xi Jinping, who has just been confirmed in office, he will also take a dozen company representatives with him. "It is important that we maintain and further develop our international relations," said the Chancellor recently. That sounds like business as usual. But for the managers in the Scholz entourage it is a delicate undertaking.

It is true that large corporations such as Siemens and BASF continue to rely on China as a sales market and production location and are investing billions in the country. However, many medium-sized companies are now much more skeptical about getting involved in China than they were a few years ago. Were you worried about...

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