{"id":547899,"date":"2025-11-04T06:46:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/547899\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T06:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:46:32","slug":"pain-of-division-germany-urged-to-oppose-taiwan-separatism-as-beijing-welcomes-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/547899\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pain of division\u2019: Germany urged to oppose Taiwan separatism as Beijing welcomes diplomat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has accused Germany of engaging in \u201cgroundless accusations\u201d and called on Germany to support reunification with Taiwan in a phone call with German Foreign Minister <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/johann-wadephul?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Johann Wadephul<\/a>.The call, at the request of Wadephul, came a week after <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3330532\/german-foreign-minister-urges-fair-rare-earth-chip-trade-china?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">he postponed his first trip<\/a> to China, saying that Beijing had confirmed only one of his requested meetings.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cChina and Germany have different histories, cultures and social systems, so differences are unavoidable,\u201d Wang Yi said in a phone conversation on Monday, according to a Chinese foreign ministry account.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBoth sides should adhere to communication and dialogue \u2026 but should not engage in \u2018megaphone diplomacy\u2019 or make groundless accusations that contradict the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762238792_196_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">Xi\u2019s National Day speech warns against Taiwan independence<\/p>\n<p>Xi\u2019s National Day speech warns against Taiwan independence<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Wang further stressed that the one-China principle was \u201cthe most important political foundation of China-Germany relations\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has accused Germany of engaging in \u201cgroundless accusations\u201d and called on Germany 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