Published: January 17th, 2022,
Last updated: January 17th, 2022
The Winter Olympics in Beijing is still three weeks away. We take a look ahead and back: In today’s interview, former German ambassador Michael Schaefer talked with Frank Sieren about the diplomatic handling of the Games in 2008. Nowadays, it has almost been forgotten that human rights were discussed back then as well. That is why Germany was only represented very reservedly. This time, too, Germany should look for a compromise that would send a signal without immediately breaking off the dialogue, says Schaefer.