German Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to China on Saturday for a three-day trip in which he is set to meet President Xi Jinping after stopping in Chongqing and Shanghai. He is due to reach Beijing on Tuesday for political talks that are expected to cover Russia’s war on Ukraine, tensions with Taiwan and also trade. Western countries have tried to isolate Moscow in light of Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbour but Beijing is the Kremlin’s most important ally, although remaining outwardly neutral. China’s leadership has not condemned the Russian war and instead blames the West for the confli…