China.Table – Edition 1311

Volkswagen’s China reboot + How Beijing is shaping Africa’s start-up playbook + Asia.Table: India defense deals

• Localization: How VW is revving up the China engine
• Innovation: How China is shaping Africa’s start-up scene
• Foreign subsidies: EU Commission signals tougher enforcement in public procurement
• Labor market: Youth unemployment rises for the first time in six months
• Defense cooperation: India and Germany set to sign ten-year plan
• Japan: Tokyo wants to allow exports of lethal military goods to 17 countries
• Trade: South Korea and India strike $50 billion agreement
• Survey: Singapore overtakes Indonesia as ASEAN’s leader
• Heads: Rumen Radev and his China vision