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Despite diplomatic words about what Germany and China have in common, experts say that Chancellor Olaf Scholz's trip both contravened German government strategy and endangered EU unity.
As the Taiwanese government seeks to respond to China’s unification pressure campaign, a significant impediment is the self-governing island’s own political polarization which, in some respects, is worsening.
A parliamentary delegation's visit this week demonstrates symbolic support for Taipei, but experts say it is not a fundamental shift in the status-quo of Germany's stance towards Taiwan.