With just 11 hours in Beijing, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to wield his influence to prevent Vladimir Putin from escalating Russia's war in Ukraine.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday.
During Friday's meeting, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi Jinping called on the international community to"reject the threat of nuclear weapons and advocate against a nuclear war to prevent a crisis on the Eurasian continent." Scholz was widely criticized in the German press, and by fellow politicians, in the run-up to his Beijing trip — which he took with CEOs of German companies whose business relies on China's market — for placing short-term business interests over long-term strategic concerns and European Union unity.t the advice of many advisers and cabinet ministers to approve a 24.
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