cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64750316

Merz and Xi assured each other they were open to cooperate on overcoming global challenges, government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said after the call on Friday.

  • Avid Amoeba
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    1 day ago

    Is there any chance he could pull that off? Getting Xi to push Putin on Ukraine is probably the only real lever Putin would react to. China does however depend on Russian fossil fuels so I don’t think they have coercive leverage.