In an editorial for the German daily FAZ, German Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger urged scientific institutions and universities at the beginning of the week to „review previous practices and question existing ways of thinking“ when working with China. Germany must not be naïve when dealing with a regime that „proclaims the goal of transferring the results of civilian research into military applications and of achieving dominance in critical technologies,“ Stark-Watzinger wrote.