JadeWeserPort: How China found its love for a German deep-water port
New connections to China are set to boost container throughput at JadeWeserPort (JWP) in Wilhelmshaven. Its partners already call the location part of the New Silk Road. Yet Germany is not a member of the initiative. Nevertheless, the rhetoric is well received in China, especially as the new direct connection creates a valuable alternative for Beijing in the looming dispute over the Panama Canal.