DeSheng: As Mertz prepares for his visit to China, German society has begun to openly discuss the risks of the "China shock." Export declines and competition intensifies. A consulting report states that Berlin has yet to take substantive policy actions...

The comment section lists various problematic operations in Germany: buying American weapons in exchange for car exports; buying American oil and gas; ... why not take cheap Russian oil and gas?

Some people have given the correct answer: talk less about China and do more practical things.

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