Stefan Liebich, Deputy Chairman of the Left Party in the German Bundestag
The left positioned itself clearly on Russia and is also calling for withdrawal from NATO. But what is its position on China? The deputy chairman of the German-Chinese parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Stefan Liebich, does not want to take a nostalgic or anti-communist view of China. In our interview, he warns against turning the human rights issue into a vehicle for asserting economic interests. At the same time, Germany should not overestimate itself. The interview with Liebich was conducted by Felix Lee. Here, you can find more interviews with top representatives of German politics ahead of the 2021 federal elections.
Mr. Liebich, as Deputy Chairman of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Group, you have visited China on several occasions and were impressed by developments there. Did you expect China's leadership to once again crackdown on civil liberties as rigorously as in Mao's time?