Chinese german relations are good. After all there is a long distance between both countries and they are not burdened by a shared history.

An so politicians can visit and babble some fell good pablum like new economic silk road. And rust belty Duisburg needs a bit of pep talk, sure.

And there is a german strategy to cultivate china as the next big export market. But can you really call the two simple convictions "exports are gooood!" and "china is a big market - let's export" a strategy?