Germany has begun to take China expertise seriously as a strategic cross-cutting task. But short-term project funding is putting the development of that knowledge at risk. What is needed are permanent structures.
By Stefan Messingschlager
The EU is planning to establish a monitoring hub for China’s economic policy. The project is intended to provide analysis for up to four years and to build a database tracking investment flows between the European Union and China.
By Amelie Richter
The debate on “knowledge security” is changing international cooperation between universities. Regional competence centers are needed in dealing with China. Their long-term promotion is crucial for the future of Germany as a center of science, write five authors from HU Berlin and the universities of Kiel, Jena and Marburg who are active in scientific exchange with China.
By Redaktion Table
AfD member of parliament Peter Felser is the new chairman of the German-Chinese parliamentary group. Felser aims to include voices such as those of Uyghur representatives in his work. Although the espionage scandal surrounding his party colleague Maximilian Krah was shocking, it should not determine the AfD's entire China policy.
By Fabian Peltsch
