The "change through trade" strategy has proven ineffective when dealing with countries like Russia and China. The former head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, and the founder of Table.Media, Sebastian Turner, call for a preventive approach based on credible deterrence rather than punishment after crossing red lines.
Von Experts Table.Briefings
Officially, the Chinese government's position is to open itself to the world. In reality, however, it has launched a decoupling from the West on numerous levels, which is distancing the People's Republic further and further from the rest of the world economically, culturally and socially. A deliberate side effect is the continuously growing nationalism.
Von Marcel Grzanna
Communications equipment supplier Ericsson has had to post severe losses in China thanks to the exclusion of Huawei from the 5G rollout in Sweden. However, despite technical problems and political tensions, Ericsson has no intention of being forced out of the Chinese market. The Chinese market is too important for that.
Von Frank Sieren