Fifth visit in February 2012: Beijing, Guangzhou
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| Merkel leaves the German-Chinese economic forum surrounded by bodyguards in Guangzhou, February 3, 2012. [Photo/IC] | 
After her stop in Beijing, she visited Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, where she and then Premier Wen Jiabao attended a trade seminar for Chinese and German businessmen, and visited the Chinese branch of Herrenknecht AG, a leading German manufacturer of tunnel-drilling machines.
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