Whenever China’s role in Africa is discussed, one term is almost inevitably mentioned: debt trap. Behind this is the accusation that China will first lend African countries enormous sums of money to subsequently take advantage of the newly created financial dependency. But is this really the case? What is so different about loans from China […]
The traffic lights are struggling to find a China strategy: The chancellor and the Green foreign minister seem to be well aligned in their course toward Beijing. But part of the SPD is not at all satisfied. More.A village wants to stay: The Kangle district in Guangzhou is the heart of China’s textile industry. But […]
After a soft start in Tianjin, Annalena Baerbock traveled to Beijing on Friday. China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang had traveled to his native city of Tianjin early in the morning to accompany his German counterpart on a company visit. Qin and Baerbock used the subsequent trip on the express train for an intensive exchange.Whether on […]
Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in China on Thursday for her eagerly awaited inaugural visit. In the port city of Tianjin, about 150 kilometers away from Beijing, the German Foreign Minister visited, among other things, a school and the German company Flender, which has been manufacturing wind turbines since 1981.Tianjin is a gentle start […]
it was the news of the day: Jack Ma is back in China . Pictures show the former Alibaba boss on the sun terrace of a school in Hangzhou. There he had spoken with the principal about the future direction of the education sector in China, according to Chinese media. Marcel Grzanna shows why the […]
It was the news story of the day: Jack Ma is back in China. Images show the former Alibaba boss on the sun terrace of a school in Hangzhou. There, he spoke with the headmaster about the future direction of China’s education sector, according to Chinese media. Marcel Grzanna shows why the deeply fallen icon […]
From a political perspective, Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia was conservative: no impetus for Ukraine but continued close, strategic partnership with Vladimir Putin. Economically, China is coolly exploiting the effect of Western sanctions and deepening Russia’s dependence on the People’s Republic. In the future, Beijing can be expected to make not only economic but also […]
Those who had hoped that Xi Jinping might distance himself somewhat from Vladimir Putin during his visit to Moscow or even criticize the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine were again left disappointed on the second day of the state visit. Instead, it was Putin who expressed criticism after talks with Xi – namely of […]
When Xi Jinping landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo government airport, he quickly got straight to the point. China is ready with Russia “to stand guard over the world order based on international law,” China’s leader said in Moscow on Monday.That raises hopes – and worries at the same time. After all, at least the European order […]
The world looks to Moscow with bated breath. What will the leaders of China and Russia decide? Will Xi exert pressure on Putin to finally end the war in Ukraine? Or what does Xi want to achieve in Moscow? Shortly before he arrived in Moscow, Xi Jinping provided the answer to at least the last […]
