But any hostile intent is rejected by Sha Zu Kang, China's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, an aristocrat who lives in a Bavarian castle, admitted breaching standards but denied deliberately cheating.
Foreign-policy making is increasingly influenced by younger pragmatists, says Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg, of the Christian Social Union.
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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigned in March after admitting to "serious mistakes" in his 2006 legal dissertation, but denied cheating.
The scandal led to the minister being nicknamed Baron Cut-and-Paste, Zu Copyberg and Zu Googleberg by the German media.
This stood Mr zu Guttenberg in good stead when he suffered the first big reversal of a dazzling career.
Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, from Mrs Merkel's conservative CDU-CSU alliance, criticised the pledges, saying they were short of detail.
In response, the country's head - Prince Alois von und zu Liechtenstein - has argued that Germany's move is illegal.
He went on to Cornell University, where he joined the Zu, an Asians-only fraternity house, and majored in business and marketing.
Mr zu Guttenberg is expected to survive a parliamentary inquiry, thanks largely to his soldierly sheen and his popularity with voters.
On February 10th he presented Mr zu Guttenberg to the press in Berlin, alongside the new CSU general secretary and his deputy.
That makes former German Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg look downright prescient.
The incident has sparked criticism of Germany's Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.
Ex-Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigned from his post last year after it emerged he copied large parts of his doctoral thesis.
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Mrs Merkel arrived early on Saturday in Kunduz, where Germany has a base, accompanied by Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and military Chief of Staff Volker Wieker.
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If it then decides to revoke the doctorate, that might present a problem for plain Mr or Baron zu Guttenberg, or whichever title he chose to use.
Another plagiarism row in 2011 led to the resignation of Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, when it emerged that large parts of his doctoral thesis were copied.
That evening, Prince Hans-Adam II and his wife, Princess Marie von und zu Liechtenstein, invited the Secretary-General and Madam Ban to dinner at their residence, Vaduz Castle.
The same website exposed plagiarised passages in the doctoral thesis of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who resigned as defence minister on 1 March after being stripped of his PhD.
But when prospective sellers, including German Prince Michael zu Salm-Salm, checked, they learned Shapiro had no operations, no cash reserves and a pool of private stock of unpersuasive value, says Bowthorpe.
Large parts of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's 2006 legal dissertations were found by Bayreuth University to have been copied and he stood down before it issued its damning verdict in May 2011.
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Another important noble item will be a pair of ruby-and-diamond pendant ear clips, dated 1921 and featuring perfectly matched deep-red Burmese rubies, that were owned by Princess Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1892-1990).
Ms Merkel will look to Mr zu Guttenberg for an electoral lift, but he is beholden to Mr Seehofer, who has been one of her main tormentors since taking over Bavaria in October.
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Rainer Arnold, defence expert with the opposition Social Democrats (SPD), told German media that if the accusations of plagiarism were found to be true, then Mr zu Guttenberg would lose all credibility "and a minister who's lost his credibility can't really work any more".
Last year, while the country suffered its deep recession, it was discovered that the King was elephant-hunting in Botswana in the company of Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, a German princess with whom he has been romantically linked and whose name has also appeared in documents related to the Urdangarin investigation.
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