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'The air is getting thinner for German mechanical engineering'

"We will not remain competitive if we cut ourselves off from China," says Claudia Barkowsky, the Managing Director of the Representative Office of the German Engineering Federation VDMA in China. Speaking with Frank Sieren, the sinologist talks about the success of Chinese machine manufacturers in Germany, the new challenges Germans face in China and how the industry is adapting to them.

By Frank Sieren

News Bilder des Tages 230414 -- BEIJING, April 14, 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcoming ceremony for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the square outside the east entrance of the Great Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China, April 14, 2023. Xi held talks with Lula, who is on a state visit to China, in Beijing on Friday. CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT-LULA-TALKS CN LiuxWeibing PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
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Lula turns his back on the West in Beijing

His predecessor Bolsonaro got along well with Donald Trump and showed reservations toward China. But Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has a different plan for his country and is courting the leadership in Beijing. Xi Jinping thanks him with much pomp and calls him a "good old friend" in Beijing.

By Jörn Petring

Annalena Baerbock Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen, Bundesaussenministerin, und Qin Gang, Staatsrat fuer Auswaertige Angelegenheiten und Aussenminister der Volksrepublik China, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Zugfahrt nach Peking, 14.04.2023. Peking China *** Annalena Baerbock Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen , German Foreign Minister, and Qin Gang, State Councillor for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Minister of the Peoples Republic of China, photographed during a train trip to Beijing, 14 04 2023 Beijing China Copyright: xKiraxHofmannx
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Baerbock's clear words

On the second day of her trip, Annalena Baerbock addresses clear words to her hosts. With success. There was a verbal exchange of blows on the subject of human rights. However, the German foreign minister managed to extract a clear commitment from the Chinese leadership on the issue of Russia.

By Michael Radunski