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(Bloomberg) -- China’s economic power shouldn’t stop Germany from criticizing human-rights violations in Xinjiang, and German companies should do more to diversify their supply chains and export markets, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. Most Read from Bloomberg Scholz’s comments are part of a shift in tone on China, which became Germany’s biggest non-EU trading partner over the past two decades. In a World Economic Forum speech on Thursday, he called out alleged abuse at detention for ethnic Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, saying “violations of human rights” can’t be ignored. Citing existing European Union sanctions on China for human rights in...
