Berlin, Feb 20, 2026 (AFP) - Germany's Merz to visit China next week: govt

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit China next week, arriving Wednesday for talks with President Xi Jinping shortly after festivities for the Lunar New Year, a government spokesman said. "This date was proposed by the Chinese side," Merz's spokesman Sebastian Hille told a Friday press briefing. "We consider this offer to come right at the beginning of the year to be a good omen." Merz leaves Berlin Tuesday for his first official China vis......

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