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It was a German courtesy visit: docking with the frigate Bayern in the Chinese port city of Shanghai on a six-month mission. Such a pause sends a friendly signal: although Berlin, like other Western countries, is strengthening its presence in the Indo-Pacific, but not with China as an enemy in mind. The visit has been prepared for months, but last Friday Bayern suddenly became unwelcome. According to Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Berlin should first create the “appropriate atmosphere”, rather than “provoke incidents” in the South China Sea. Now China is the country that claims almost...
