Stop threatening Europe, Germany tells China

Heiko Maas, Germany’s foreign minister, bumped elbows with Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, as he welcomed him to Berlin MICHAEL SOHN/POOL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES. Germany has rebuked China for “threatening” Europe after a high-ranking Czech politician’s visit to Taiwan riled Beijing. Heiko Maas, the German foreign minister, also urged his Chinese counterpart to reverse the draconian national security law in Hong Kong during a chilly joint appearance that underlined Berlin’s steadily hardening policy towards China.