German MPs, minister due in Taiwan as tensions with China spike

BERLIN, Jan 5 — Germany will send a high-ranking parliamentary delegation to Taiwan next week, an MP told AFP today, followed by the first ministerial visit in two decades in moves certain to spark tensions with China.

The trip is to be followed by a visit from German Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, also of the FDP, in the spring, sources told AFP.Chinese President Xi Jinping made clear once again at the Communist Party’s most recent congress “that he is prepared to resolve the conflict over the role of Taiwan also with military means”, said Strack-Zimmermann, who will lead the MPs’ delegation.

Strack-Zimmermann said the delegation would meet with representatives of Taiwan’s government and the opposition as well as human rights organisations, business leaders and members of the military during its stay from Monday until Thursday.Xi, China’s most assertive leader in a generation, has made clear that what he calls the “reunification” of Taiwan cannot be passed on to future generations.

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