Published: July 1st, 2024,
Last updated: July 1st, 2024
Chinese scientists are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain visas for Germany, as renowned migration researcher Xiang Biao from the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle observes. Xiang sees this as a discreet policy change to impede access for Chinese academics. However, he believes that this will do Germany more harm than good: „De-risking should be implemented in the way of a surgeon, very targeted on specific areas. But right now it is executed in the style of a security guard, blocking everything,“ says Xiang in an interview with Fabian Peltsch. He says that moralizing without a plan won’t help Germany.