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Confrontation does not lead to the goal

The EU is engaged in China-bashing at a time when its own reputation is damaged, and its room for maneuver is dwindling. Fundamentally, the question arises as to the sense and effect of politically motivated sanctions, such as those imposed against China. There are many analyses that come to the conclusion that the effects of sanctions are usually misjudged. And with regard to China, it cannot be assumed that the sanctions will trigger a process that will improve Europe's relations with China and thus open up opportunities for influence.

By Redaktion Table

Johnny Erling
Opinion

China's unforgotten hero

The former army doctor Jiang Yanyong will soon be 90 years old. He has been living under house arrest in Beijing for two years. He courageously exposed the Sars epidemic in 2003. Now, when he called on the party leadership for the second time to confront the unresolved legacy of its June 4, 1989, military campaign, Beijing imposed its political lockdown on the unfaltering man.

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China's economic self-harm

Beijing is threatening to miss its targets in the current five-year plan if it continues to take a hard line against the West – not only against the US but also against other countries. The example of H M shows how interdependent China is on the West, especially when it comes to domestic jobs.

By Redaktion Table

Opinion

Uniform CO2 prices in the EU and China

The introduction of emissions trading in China opens up the opportunity for joint certificate trading with the EU. The gains from such a link would be enormous, and border adjustment would be superfluous. Sonja Peterson and Malte Winkler, researchers at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, write about the political conditions that need to be created and the regulations that need to be put in place for the project to succeed.

By Antje Sirleschtov

Johnny Erling
Opinion

Steel rush euphoria

In 1957, Mao ordered 60 million Chinese to "cook steel" and built 240,000 small blast furnaces. That was the beginning of a steel addiction that has driven China's steel production up year after year ever since. With state-subsidized steel, Beijing floods the world market. Now, Xi Jinping says this has to stop because the steel glut is counteracting his goals for reducing CO2 emissions.

By Antje Sirleschtov

Opinion

The case for a paradigm shift in German China policy

Eberhard Sandschneider's criticism of "China bashing" on China.Table overlooks the fact that a totalitarian political change has taken place in the PRC under Xi Jinping. His demands for dialogue and cooperation sound plausible. However, under the conditions of "Document No. 9", there can be no open-ended intercultural dialogue with China.

By Redaktion Table

Johnny Erling
Opinion

1.4 billion names – Big Brother knows them all

Since January 1, China's citizens have had the legal right to freely choose their names. Thanks to digitalization, they provide the world's largest surveillance apparatus with big data. The police are thrilled.

By Antje Sirleschtov

Opinion

China-bashing is booming

Double standards in dealing with China: The US talks about values, but it means geopolitical influence. The Europeans also talk about values, but they mean economic interests. Meanwhile, sanctions help no one, certainly not the people of Xinjiang and Hong Kong. Instead of verbal armament and the military show of force of times past, the West should seek dialogue with Beijing. After all, everyone knows that the world's problems can only be solved with China, not against it.

By Redaktion Table

Gabriel Felbermayr zur Abkopplung Chinas
Opinion

An EU Supply Chain Act hits the wrong people

At the EU level, discussions are underway on a supply chain law that could surpass in severity the one planned by the grand coalition in Germany. There is goodwill behind such legislation, but the possible negative consequences for poorer countries are being overlooked. It would make much more sense to directly sanction companies with inadequate social and environmental standards through an EU negative list.

By Redaktion Table

Johnny Erling
Opinion

On the privilege of the Chinese number

Not only in China do people know that some are more equal than others. Among the ritualized privileges of Beijing's rulers is the privilege of using Chinese characters for numbers in their writings. One who rebelled against this was the Marxist polymath and science councilor Yu Guangyuan, one of the theorists who developed the concept of the "socialist market economy".

By Redaktion Table