To counter the US tariffs, prominent voices in the EU and Germany call for a renewed rapprochement with China. Instead, the EU should focus on protecting its own markets and investing in future technologies.
By Angela Köckritz
Since taking office as leader of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping has had schoolchildren cramming Marxist teachings. Some observers consider the communist fuss to be a facade. However, renowned sinologist and former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warns that Xi's ideology must be taken seriously.
By Manuel Changming Liu
The concept of China competence should finally be buried. This technocratic discourse ignores questions of power. It can also be misused to secure a privileged spokesperson position in Germany and at the same time avoid analyzing the real power relations in the People's Republic of China.
By Marcel Grzanna
Hydrogen plays a decisive role in the transformation of the economy and autonomous energy generation. Kerstin Andreae (BDEW) and Bernd Weber (Epico) expect the new German government to show maximum commitment to a European alliance.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Many existing skills have so far remained invisible to the labor market. This also has consequences for our democracies, argues Martin Noack from the Bertelsmann Stiftung.
By Experts Table.Briefings
If an authoritarian party gains power, they may come to a scientific organization the next morning for an answer: "Are you with or against us?" The media may also knock on the door: "Why do you support researchers who speak against German interests?" Institutional neutrality can provide a response that helps to buffer the pressure.
By Marcel Grzanna
Europe is investing too little in research and innovation – and risking its technological sovereignty. Nathanael Liminski (CDU) warns that there is a particular risk of falling behind in future technologies. The NRW Minister for Europe is calling for determined investment, for example in the Einstein Telescope.
By Experts Table.Briefings
A targeted economic policy strategy is needed to secure Europe's sovereignty in the long term, write Hanna Hottenrott and Achim Wambach from ZEW in today's Opinion. The EU must strengthen its own innovative power, reduce strategic dependencies on raw materials and build more resilient supply chains.
By Experts Table.Briefings
In its election manifesto, the CDU/CSU announced plans to establish "a network for independent China studies." However, independent China studies have existed for a long time, writes Merle Groneweg. The employee of the "China Competence Training Center" and the HU Berlin argues that China competence in Germany should not be reinvented every three years.
By Leonardo Pape
Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People's Republic. There, Donald Trump's behavior is perceived as an entertainment factor. But now a growing number of Chinese are confronted with a sobering reality.
By Redaktion Table
