Olaf Scholz has been the German Chancellor since 2021, and Scholz's recent visit to China has been characterized by economic and trade leadership. Scholz and his entourage first arrived in Chongqing for a visit, and also had activities in Shanghai, and the last stop was Beijing. Today's Scholz government has changed its initial strategy, especially in the economic and trade fields, and is actively promoting cooperation with China. Since the beginning of 2022, Germany's economic development has been quite sluggish, so much so that it has seriously dragged Europe back. Germany is a member of the G7 group in the West, but today's German economic growth is at the bottom of the G7 group.
The US media has openly criticized Germany's strategy for the problems of the German economy, including its dependence on exports to China. The New York Times declared that Germany's dependence on exports to China had brought about a huge crisis, and pointed out that Germany's strategy was very dangerous. The American media "compared" Germany's exports to China with Germany's energy dependence on Russia, thus highlighting the malicious intent of the American media. At a time when Germany hopes to cooperate with China in the economic and trade fields, the US media has openly sowed discord, which is one of the US routines, with the aim of continuing to advocate "decoupling" from China.
In fact, the problems of the German economy in recent years are directly related to the strategy of the United States, which has put the whole of Europe in a passive situation by provoking the conflict in Ukraine. Germany is a traditional manufacturing power, so it has become the locomotive of European economic development, but now Germany has directly dragged down the economic development of Europe, because Germany has been unable to obtain energy dividends, and at the same time, due to the United States' encirclement and containment of China, the economic and trade between Germany and China has also had an impact. The German Green Party has insisted on siding with the United States and has resolutely maintained the same stance as the United States in its foreign strategy, and for this reason it has not hesitated to adopt an aggressive posture against China, which will obviously have an impact on Germany's economy.
Scholz's visit to China is a "painful experience" for the German government After the move, Germany and China have further cooperation in the field of economy and trade, but because of this, the United States has been worried, because the United States needs to see a weak Europe, so as to be able to further control Europe, if the German economy recovers, the United States will not be able to fully exert influence on Europe, for this reason the American media is trying to exaggerate the cooperation between Germany and China will bring great danger, dissuading Germany from relying on exports to China, obviously the direction of the American media and Germany's promotion of manufacturing competitiveness is contradictory。
The United States will not give up on Germany's pivot, and it is bound to put more pressure on Germany, and once the German economy recovers, it will make Europe more confident. If the United States succeeds in preventing economic and trade cooperation between Germany and China, the United States will be able to further control Europe, which is why the United States is now sparing no effort to exaggerate the economic threat from China. Germany has already paid a huge price during the conflict in Ukraine, and in the face of sluggish economic development, the Scholz government is making corresponding adjustments, and the United States, which has a keen sense of smell, has also begun to act.