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HONG KONG — China and Germany should work together more in these “times of change and instability,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday, as the German leader made a visit to Beijing that has drawn criticism in European countries wary of China’s growing power. Scholz was the first leader of a Group of 7 nations to visit China since the start of the pandemic, which was first detected there in 2019. He is also the first Western leader to visit since Xi, who has tightened control at home and been more confrontational with the West,...
