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China strategy

Interview

Zippelius: German transit of the Taiwan Strait should be normalized

Nicolas Zippelius from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) believes that German warships should be able to cross the Taiwan Strait in the future. Military cooperation with the Philippines could also be expanded, he says in the interview.

By Angela Köckritz

Feature

Next German government: What role China plays in the government talks

Intensively discussed and soon to be enshrined in the draft coalition agreement: Germany is committed to a self-confident, European-coordinated China policy. The foreign policy working group's paper states that a reserved security policy must be a thing of the past.

By Fabian Peltsch

Opinion

China competence: The discourse is largely self-referential.

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

Feature

China expertise: Gaps in research security

The German government cannot name any concrete successes in building up expertise in China. This is a fatal signal, especially for the topic of research security. There is a huge need for orientation in the science sector.

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Feature

China strategy: German government barely has anything to show for itself

The German government's response to a minor interpellation regarding implementing the China strategy turned out disappointing. Especially in the areas of reciprocity, diversification of the economy and de-risking, hardly any concrete successes have emerged so far.

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Feature

Germany's China strategy: These hurdles await the new government

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock feels encouraged to show China its limits more clearly in the future. She sees the German government's China strategy as a marathon, not a sprint. But after the collapse of the government coalition, the question is: Who will run the marathon?

By Angela Köckritz