Maas, right, and Wang, left, hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Berlin [Michael Sohn/Pool/AP/Anadolu]
Business Insider: Germany has told China to stop threatening Europe as Merkel hardens her stance toward Beijing
* Germany has told China to stop threatening Europe, a sign of its hardening approach toward Beijing.
* German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned his Chinese counterpart "threats have no place here" after Beijing threatened a Czech politician who this week visited Taiwan.
* Beijing wants to reclaim Taiwan, a self-governing country that broke away in the mid-20th century.
* Maas said China should expect Germany and European allies to represent their "interests more confidently."
* He used his meeting with the Chinese diplomat Wang Yi to pressure Beijing on Hong Kong and its treatment of Uighur Muslims.
Germany has told China to stop threatening Europe after Beijing said a politician from the Czech Republic who visited Taiwan this week would pay a "heavy price" for expressing support for the self-governing island facing Chinese subjugation.
Milos Vystrcil, the president of the Czech Senate, infuriated China by becoming one of the few senior European Union politicians to visit Taiwan. He told its parliamentarians "I am a Taiwanese," in what was interpreted as a reference to John F. Kennedy's anti-communist "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech of 1963, The Times of London reported.
President Xi Jinping wants to reclaim Taiwan, a self-governing country in Southeast Asia, after it broke away from China in the mid-20th century. China has said it is prepared to retake the island by force, if necessary.
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WNU Editor: Its about time that some in Europe are standing up to China.
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