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| The China shock: Germany turns away from its biggest trading partner |
| 2022-05-29 |
| [DW] China persecutes the Uyghurs and backs Russia's war in Ukraine. That's prompting Berlin to rethink its relations with Beijing. But this "systemic rival" is also Germany's biggest trading partner. The "Xinjiang Police Files" document the scale and brutality with which the Chinese state oppresses its mainly Moslem Uyghur minority. The cache's publication comes at a time when many are thinking — and speaking out — about values-based foreign policy. German politicians have expressed shock. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called for a transparent investigation. Human rights, "which Germany is committed to protect globally," are a fundamental part of the international order, Germany's Foreign Office said in a statement. |
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