Bits and Pieces Does German Chancellor Olaf Scholz finally show some backbone

Well well well ..... Olaf Scholtz is going against the grain and straitening his back .... somewhat ...... He apparently defies the wrath of his Coalition partners and the dictators in Brussels, and accompanies a group of Germany's top Business men to China to meet with Xi Jinping on Friday, the 4th of November.
Has Scholtz suddenly grown some back bones?