China is (once again) moving to the center of political discussions today. The seventh German-Chinese government consultations are taking place in Berlin, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Premier Li Qiang as well as numerous ministers. In Brussels, the EU Commission is simultaneously presenting its strategy paper on economic security. Although the strategy does not explicitly target Beijing, it implicitly does – after all, Europe is now dependent on the People’s Republic for many critical raw materials and technologies.