Photo Gallery Merkel in China
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting China this week, where she hopes to persuade Beijing to invest in Europe to help the crisis-stricken continent. Here, a dragon display has been set up outside a commercial complex in Beijing to mark the beginning Year of the Dragon.
Merkel will meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (seen here visiting Berlin in June 2011) in Beijing and Guangzhou. During her visit, Merkel is expected to argue in favor of more direct Chinese investment in Germany and lobby for more contracts for German firms in the country.
A caricature in the English-language Chinese newspaper Global Times depicts Merkel escorting a figure of the euro looking for a handout in China. The euro zone is hoping the Asian powerhouse can help it out of its debt crisis.
The front page of the Chinese business magazine Economy & Nation Weekly depicts the Great Wall of China propping up the euro.
