„Knowledge is power,“ says Marina Rudyak. The fact that the power structure between China and Europe is currently shifting so drastically, she says, also has to do with the fact that China has been watching Europe closely for 150 years. For most Europeans, on the other hand, China is as distant and foreign as ever. „How can it be,“ Rudyak asks, „that we can afford to know so little about the country that is Germany’s biggest trading partner and strategic rival?“