Countless analysts have predicted that Donald Trump’s comprehensive disruption campaign would primarily benefit China. A study has now confirmed this assumption. The US firm Morning Consult, which specializes in company analyses and global surveys and regularly collaborates with The New York Times, among others, has been surveying public opinion on China and the US in […]
At the beginning of his term in office, Foreign Minister Wadephul promised “a one-stop shop foreign policy.” This demand appears to be particularly crucial in the context of the German government’s China strategy. However, the previous government was hopelessly at loggerheads over this issue – which the Chinese leadership exploited skillfully for its purposes.Now, however, […]
What is your take on the recent negotiations in the trade war between the United States and China?China has clearly won this round. The United States has lost a great deal of trust worldwide. After all, the Chinese and everyone else know that the US cannot sustain the trade war. The American government will cooperate, […]
Mr. Hardt, which of Germany’s key China policy projects would you like to see implemented during this legislative period?We still cultivate too much naivety and recklessness when it comes to China. Although we benefit from favorable political and economic relations, there is a whole series of risks that we have underestimated. We have not been […]
The German government’s coalition contract has received a significant amendment. The version distributed to MPs and the press states at sections 282-283 of the Foreign Trade and Payments Act: “The highest security requirements must apply to critical components in our infrastructure. In the future, only components from trustworthy countries may be used in sensitive areas […]
36 years have passed since the bloody suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests on June 4, 1989. How has your memory of the events changed over the years?I remember that we often used to start our memorial speeches with the words “time flies.” But that’s not true. Time does not fly by. It’s like it’s […]
China presents itself as an advocate of the countries of the Global South and a driver of development. However, Chinese overcapacity is hampering industrial development in these very countries. How does this fit together?It is complex. On the one hand, countries in the Global South benefit from being able to purchase inexpensive products from China; […]
The Chinese embassy in Bangladesh has warned its citizens against “buying a foreign wife. ” In a social media post, the embassy urged Chinese citizens to steer clear of illegal agencies offering cross-border blind dates and marriages, according to a report in the South China Morning Post.As parents in China have aborted (or been forced […]
The Chinese ambassador in Canberra has criticized the Australian government’s intention to return the Chinese-operated port of Darwin to local hands. Darwin is a strategically important trading port in the country’s north, which Australia leased to the Chinese company Landbridge in 2015.During his election campaign in April, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that his government […]
The latest Chinese hype has a rather modest appearance. The tea manufacturer Guming (古茗) has recently started offering cups of iced water (一杯冰水) for the price of one yuan, generating a storm of enthusiasm. Not only because the ice water is cheaper than a bottle of mineral water (drinking tap water is not recommended in […]
