Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday morning at the Great Hall of the People.
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Li, who said China is willing to play a “constructive role” in resolving the crisis, noted that dialogue is the way forward.
Her visit paid dividends, with China and Germany signing a deal that will see Chinese airlines buy 130 jets manufactured by European planemaker Airbus Group SE. Germany’s government also appears to have been overwhelmed by the number of people arriving (the country expects to receive 800,000 people this year) and local authorities are under increasing pressure.
“We would urge the U.S. not to continue down the wrong path. But if the USA side does continue, we will take all necessary measures according to the need”, Yang said.
China is one of Germany’s most important trading partners outside Europe. “China-EU trade is of vital importance because trade with China serves as a pillar in the EU’s economic recovery, and it helps boost China’s foreign trade growth amid the country’s economic slowdown”.
China Mergers & Acquisitions Association and German Federal M&A Association said they plan to establish an cooperative base in Northeast China, most likely in one of the region’s equipment manufacturing industrial parks.
The sharper tone from Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere came as a new poll showed support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives slumping to a three-year low over her handling of the refugee crisis.
Legal experts said the complaints were unlikely to prompt a criminal investigation let alone charges against Merkel because the law stipulates that treason must entail “violence or the threat of violence”.
The German leader said Berlin “would like to make our own contributions” to Chinese-led initiatives to expand trade links between Asian countries and between the region and Europe.
With diplomats from the United States, Russia, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other countries meeting in Vienna to try and revive the 2012 Geneva Communiqué. The two also agreed that a political solution for the Syria crisis is needed.
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He told her that China welcomes Germany taking part in the development of central and western China and also in the modernization of north-eastern areas. Now he is pursuing his PhD from the College of Public Administration at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China.
