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Xi Jinping receives a foreign head of state in China for the first time since the Winter Olympics. The meeting with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo is a strategic move – on both sides.
Von Michael Radunski
As bilateral tensions between the US/EU and China grow, all parties are extending their decoupling toolbox to increase leverage. China created the legal foundation in 2020 and 2021 introducing several new instruments to retaliate against US trade sanctions. While these instruments give the Chinese government sweeping power to retaliate against US measures, their actual implementation has remained slow.
Von Table.Briefings
Die Länderauftritte auf der Konsumgütermesse Hainan Expo zeigen, wie es um die deutsch-chinesischen Beziehungen steht – und wie andere Länder mit China umgehen. Deutsche Aussteller werden von der Messe gar nicht erst erwähnt und sind eher am Rande aktiv. Frankreich ist im Gegensatz dazu Ehrengastland.
Von Frank Sieren
The country presentations at the Consumer Products Hainan Expo show the status of German-Chinese relations – and how other countries deal with China. German exhibitors are not even mentioned by the exhibition and are only active on the sidelines. France, on the other hand, is the guest of honor.
Von Frank Sieren