‘Germany’s China policy is p • Table.Briefings

Eberhard Sandschneider ist Leiter des Arbeitsschwerpunktes Politik China und Ostasiens an der Freien Universität Berlin und Vertrauensdozent der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Hier schreibt er über China-Bashing und die Implikationen. — Eberhard Sandschneider is a leading Taiwan and China political scientist. Until 2016, he headed the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations; today he is a partner at Berlin Global Advisors.

With its four-day visit to Taipei, the high-ranking FDP delegation wanted to express its solidarity with democratic Taiwan and send a clear signal to the communist leadership in Beijing: the delegation would neither be blackmailed nor intimidated. In an interview with Felix Lee, political scientist and Taiwan expert Eberhard Sandschneider declares such trips as reckless and irresponsible.

Mr. Sandschneider, never before have so many German politicians visited Taiwan as in recent months. Most recently, a high-ranking delegation from the FDP. Is this a good sign for Taiwan?

‘Germany’s China policy is pure hysteria’

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