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Say never no. You can’t deny the potential risk Ccp will blackmail Germany like how Putin blackmails Germany with zero gas export what we seeing now.China blackmailing Germany? Please tell me when China blackmailed Germany?
As far as I know, the Chinese govt has always held goodwill towards Germany. Moreover, the Chinese generally see Germany as a pole of the future world order.
Germany's manufacturing industry does depend on China, but this is an inevitable result of global economic integration. Germany itself is a country that relies on Global trade, which will inevitably lead to Germany becoming a member of the global economic integration chain.
Of course, you want to reduce your dependence on China, which is correct. No country should rely too much on another country. Germany is in an awkward situation because of its dependence on Russian energy. Even if Russian oil is cheaper, the Chinese govt has set a ceiling on the amount of Russian oil imported.
However, with only 80 million people in Germany, you can't have all the industrial links. Therefore, it is impossible for you to get rid of your dependence on China.
Similarly, China is also relying on western countries such as Germany. China's industrial productivity needs the market, and Germany and other countries are the markets that China needs.
If coming to politics then everything is possible, people make irrational decisions.