The China-dominated infrastructure bank AIIB irritates its European partners with potential loans for Cambodia's microfinance sector. The sector has attracted criticism for systemic human rights violations – actually a reason for AIIB to exclude it. The German government is also concerned.
By Marcel Grzanna
Jack Ma fully completes his retirement from Alibaba and prefers to spend his time traveling or on his luxury yacht. Xi Jinping brought the economy to heel – and will continue to hold the reins ever tighter in the future. That should give German investors something to think about.
By Finn Mayer-Kuckuk
Germany needs an interest-based China strategy instead of the ideological bigotry that is reflected in the drafts of the Ministry of Economics and the Federal Foreign Office. They overemphasize the dependence on China, while the advantages of globalization are neglected.
By Experts Table.Briefings