BERLIN—German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday described parts of her recent trip to China as “more than shocking” and said Beijing was increasingly becoming a systemic rival more than a trade partner and competitor.
The blunt remarks followed Baerbock’s visit to Beijing last week where she warned that any attempt by the Chinese communist regime to control Taiwan would be unacceptable.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims democratically governed Taiwan as a Chinese province despite the fact that Taiwan is a de facto independent country, with its own military, democratically-elected government, and constitution. It has never ruled out the use of force to bring the island under its control….