{"id":146505,"date":"2026-02-20T07:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146505"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:30:34","slug":"china-germany-ties-ahead-of-merzs-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146505","title":{"rendered":"China-Germany ties ahead of Merz\u2019s visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs German Chancellor Friedrich Merz prepares for his high-stakes visit to Beijing from February 24 to February 27, he faces a new reality \u2013 China has become less reliant on Germany. While China is once again Germany\u2019s top trading partner, the relationship has become distorted by a record \u20ac89 billion (US$105.6 billion) trade deficit. China\u2019s economic slowdown has cut demand for German exports while the German appetite for Chinese goods grows.<br \/>\nSCMP Plus subscribers enjoy early access to selected&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/plus\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3344105\/china-germany-ties-ahead-merzs-visit?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs German Chancellor Friedrich Merz prepares for his high-stakes visit to Beijing from February 24 to February 27, he faces a new reality \u2013&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146505"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}