At yesterday’s Table.Media event China Strategy 2023, we assembled many well-known names from politics, business and academia to discuss how to engage with the new superpower in the Far East.Somewhat surprisingly, the traditional EU triad of China as partner, strategic rival and competitor was questioned almost from the outset of our discussion. The tripartite formula […]
You were in China this March. What were your impressions?From the Chinese side, there was a noticeable effort to restore relations with Europe and Germany, especially after the Covid years.German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has since also been to Beijing. But there was a lingering feeling afterward, that China had paid more attention to France’s […]
Is it the all-clear? According to a new economic study, profit flows from China to Germany are not as high as the dependency debate would suggest. In some years it was only in the single-digit billions. The study was conducted by the Bertelsmann Foundation, IW, Merics and BDI, some of the most important actors for […]
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group is calling for a broad-based strengthening of China competence in Germany. A new strategy paper from the opposition party includes a longer section on this topic. A meaningful partnership with China is only possible if the German side recognizes and evaluates the risks involved, according to the paper.The Union makes the […]
Annalena Baerbock has successfully completed her inaugural visit to Beijing. The German Foreign Minister completed the mandatory program and explicitly emphasized Europe’s interest in protecting Taiwan. She also dutifully called on China to engage more in achieving a satisfactory ceasefire in Ukraine, albeit with little hope. At the same time, she did not forget that […]
Whether the financial markets will ever actively make the world a better place is questionable. What is certain, however, is that the trend here is perhaps moving in the right direction for the first time in history. There has never been so much demand for ecological and social investments. When it comes to choosing funds, […]
The Chinese oil company Sinopec is investing in a gas field in the north of the desert emirate of Qatar. With this investment, it secures access to the country’s liquefied gas production. Sinopec is acquiring a five-percent stake in the new North Field development project in return. This was stated by the state-owned energy company […]
whether the financial markets will ever actively improve the world is questionable. What is certain is that the trend here is perhaps moving in the right direction for the first time in history. Ecological and social investments are in demand as never before. Private investors are increasingly looking for evidence of this when selecting funds. […]
Ruinous discount battles are always bad for the automotive industry. Margins plummet to rock bottom while consumers quickly learn to demand higher discounts.In China, suppliers are currently undercutting each other with discounts – even in the old segment of internal combustion engines, where German providers do their business. Although VW, BMW and Mercedes have only […]
Just hours after a feel-good trip by Emmanuel Macron together with Xi Jinping to southern China, the Chinese navy has begun a major maneuver around Taiwan. While several fleets practiced a blockade of the Taiwanese islands, Macron spoke in an interview of how Europe should “follow neither the United States nor China” on the Taiwan […]