CHINA-EUROPE: GERMANY
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Berlin on March 28, 2014 on the third leg of his European tour and his first to Germany as China's President. He is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Merkel and President Joachim Gauck and give a talk the same day on China's role in the world. Trade issues and Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine are expected to be among the items that will be discussed.
In a commentary published on March 28 in Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Xi Jinping expressed his optimism for closer economic ties with Germany and described the economic ties between the two countries as "close," and as having enormous possibilities or economic growth.
After Berlin, Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit the EU headquarters in Brussels.
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