BERLIN (Reuters) -A senior lawmaker from Germany’s Social Democrats, a junior partner in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition government, called on Saturday for a change of China policy after Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul postponed a trip to Beijing.

Wadephul, a member of Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), cancelled the trip on Friday after Beijing confirmed only one of his requested meetings, a move that pointed to rising tensions over trade and security matters.

“The short-term cancellation of the trip to China does not bode well for an improvement in tense German-Chinese relations,” said Adis Ahmetovic, foreign policy spokesperson for the Social Democrats (SPD).

“We need to rethink Germany’s China strategy. More than ever, we need an active, strategic foreign policy that fo

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