{"id":146645,"date":"2026-02-23T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146645"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:00:12","slug":"china-shock-hangs-over-german-leader-friedrich-merzs-first-visit-to-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146645","title":{"rendered":"\u2018China shock\u2019 hangs over German leader Friedrich Merz\u2019s first visit to Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAt a time when German industry is frequently slammed for being too slow and reluctant to change, there is one area in which industrialists have noticed rapid evolution.<br \/>\n\u201cThe speed at which our position towards China has changed and at which our members are changing their minds on China \u2013 it\u2019s China speed,\u201d said Oliver Richtberg, head of the foreign trade department at Germany\u2019s Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA).<br \/>\nRichtberg\u2019s group represents more than 3,000 of Germany\u2019s \u201chidden&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3344366\/china-shock-hangs-over-german-leader-friedrich-merzs-first-visit-beijing?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 PostAt a time when German industry is frequently slammed for being too slow and reluctant to change, there is one area in which industrialists&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\/146645"}],"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=146645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}