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University founding in Hainan: stress test for Germany’s China strategy

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Published: July 21st, 2023,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Juergen Kretschmann, President of the planned Hainan-Bielefeld University, and University Chancellor Guan Naijia in front of a poster showing the building project on the Chinese tropical island of Hainan.
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The timing seems odd: Less than a week after the publication of the China Strategy, in which the German government sets stricter limits for scientific cooperation, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (HSBI) has announced plans to found its own university on the Chinese tropical island of Hainan.

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Geopolitics China strategy