German Chancellor
Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged Western global powers to include
China in their multilateral system and treat
Beijing equally rather than freeze it out and risk slipping into a Cold War-style bipolar order.
Speaking after receiving a prize at the
American Academy in
Berlin, attended by former U.S. Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and John Kerry, Merkel said China's economic success posed challenges.
"Of course we also have to build up fairness, of course we have to practise multilateralism such that the rules apply to everyone," she said.