Xi and Steinmeier Call for China-Germany Cooperation — SkimNews
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- Xi, meeting German President Steinmeier in Beijing on Oct. 30, called on China and Germany to help forge a more equitable and stable system of global governance, favoring "openness over closure" and "cooperation over confrontation."
- Xi proposed an "all-dimensional strategic partnership" built on equality, mutual benefit and strategic stability, describing bilateral ties as the start of a new chapter.
- Steinmeier, on a five-day visit to China through Oct. 31, urged China to help preserve the international order through a rules-based global-governance system based on the UN Charter.
- Steinmeier said China and Germany both bear responsibility for the international order and for the conditions under which states maintain and shape their relations.
Why it matters: Steinmeier’s Oct. 30 appeal gives Berlin a direct basis for pressing China on a UN-Charter-based order during his visit through Oct. 31. Xi’s proposed partnership also gives Germany a role in his push for a more equitable system, leaving both presidents with common language on cooperation but noticeably different concepts of what that order should be.
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