 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati menguva yake ari muhofisi, Schröder akashanyira China katanhatu. Akanga ari wezvematongerwe enyika wokutanga wokuMadokero kuenda kuBeijing uye kukumbira ruregerero pashure pokunge ndege dzeNATO dzaputitsa nechikanganiso bhomba paAmbassy yeChina muBelgrademuna 1999. Muna 2004, iye nomutungamiriri wehurumende yeChina Wen Jiabao vakagadzira runhare rwakachengeteka, rwakananga. Akamanikidzirawo kubviswa kwechirambidzo cheEU chezvombo kuChina. 