Trade-Edi 18.01.2021

There are still three weeks to go before the start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. We look ahead and back at the same time: In an interview with Frank Sieren, former ambassador Michael Schaefer talks about the diplomatic handling of the Games in 2008. Today, it has almost been forgotten that human rights were also a topic of discussion back then. Germany was therefore represented only very cautiously. This time, too, Germany should look for a compromise that would send a signal without immediately breaking off the dialogue, says Schaefer.