{"id":146524,"date":"2026-02-20T13:25:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146524"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:25:32","slug":"germanys-merz-the-latest-european-leader-to-visit-china-amid-tensions-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146524","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Merz the latest European leader to visit China amid tensions with US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit China from Wednesday, shortly after the Lunar New Year holiday, according to the chancellor\u2019s spokesman.<br \/>\n\u201cThis date was proposed by the Chinese side,\u201d spokesman Sebastian Hille said on Friday. \u201cWe consider this offer to come right at the beginning of the year to be a good omen.\u201d<br \/>\nMerz will leave Berlin on Tuesday for his first official China visit since he took office in May. He is expected to be welcomed in Beijing on Wednesday by Premier Li Qiang&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3344174\/germanys-merz-latest-european-leader-visit-china-amid-tensions-us?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 PostGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit China from Wednesday, shortly after the Lunar New Year holiday, according to the chancellor\u2019s spokesman. \u201cThis date was&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\/146524"}],"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=146524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}