All Articles

China.Table

Ludger Schuknecht

'Our members are tired of camp thinking'

Ludger Schuknecht, Vice Chairman of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), talks to Frank Sieren about this week's G20 summit, sustainable market-based financing in Asia, and the bank's relationship with powerful China. The AIIB is the Chinese-initiated counterpart to the World Bank.

By Frank Sieren

Daron-Acemoglu

China's economy is rotting from the head

Never before has an undemocratic regime successfully generated such innovation-driven growth as in China. Under Xi Jinping, control over the country and the economy has once again increased significantly. Will economic growth continue under these conditions? Daron Acemoglu, an economist at MIT, is skeptical.

By Experts Table.Briefings

After US midterms: even tougher stance toward Beijing

After the US midterm elections, the Republicans can hope for a narrow majority in the House of Representatives. The distribution in the Senate is still open. Quite apart from that, however, it is already clear that Washington's attitude toward China will continue to harden. US foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific region and in the triangular relationship between the EU, China, and the United States remains uncertain. On Monday, US President Joe Biden will meet President Xi Jinping for the first time.

By Amelie Richter