China Perspective: How the People’ • Table.Briefings

Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People’s Republic. Its population is not particularly interested in the German elections. However, the positions of election front-runner Merz on migration and German corporate risks in China have caused an uproar. Chinese people in Germany have little regard for Alice Weidel and her AfD, who receive partial praise in China’s state media.

The upcoming snap election in Germany has also attracted attention in the People’s Republic and the Chinese community in Germany. Within China, however, European politics is rarely discussed. „I guess the average Chinese has no interest in politics of any foreign country other than the United States, if they are interested in international news at all,“ says Zhu Ashu, a Hangzhou-based businessman selling China-made textile processing tools to foreign markets.

China Perspective: How the People’s Republic discusses the German election

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