Germany and China

As Europe finds itself once again caught between two superpowers - the USA and a rising China - little has been written about a relationship that will have a profound influence on the international order: the relationship between the People''s Republic of China and Germany. In , leading international relations expert Andreas Fulda looks critically at the increasingly interdependent relationship between the two countries. Drawing on examples from politics, industry, development aid and technology sectors and academia, the book explores how successive governments from Helmut Kohl to Angela Merkel have pursued ever-closer ties to China in the interests of short term economic gain. Fulda explores the danger of this increasing entanglement not just for Germany, but for Europe and the international world order.>

Auteur
Andreas Fulda is Associate Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK. His recent books include The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China (2020) and he is a frequent commentator on China for international media such as the BBC, Washington Post and Al Jazeera.

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Preface PART 1 | Germany's Entanglement with Autocratic China: Causes, Culprits and Consequences Chapter 1. Germany's Rude Awakening Chapter 2. Strategic Culture, the Steinmeier Doctrine and the Puzzle of German Power Chapter 3. Why the CCP Struggles Against its Oopponents, at Home and Abroad Chapter 4. How Kohl, Schröder, Merkel and Scholz Normalised Autocratic China Chapter 5. Challenges to Germany's China Policy at the Dawn of the Merkel Era (2018-21) PART 2 | Policy Failures and Competing Policy Images: Germany's Protracted Paradigm Shift Chapter 6. The Demise of Germany's Solar Industry and Volkswagen's China Conundrum Chapter 7. Germany's Lost Crown Jewel Kuka Roboter GmbH and Berlin's Huawei Dilemma Chapter 8. Squandered German Leverage and Limits to Dialogue and Cooperation with China Chapter 9. Europe's Arms Embargo, Dual Use Exports and Germany's Indifference Towards Taiwan Chapter 10. Censorship, Self-Censorship and Compromises in Academic Cooperation with China Chapter 11. Towards Greater Autocracy Competence in Germany? Bibliography Index