Großmacht China – Wu Guoguang über Xi Jinpings Weltpolitik

In the organizer's words:

China's global political importance is growing. Under Xi Jinping, the People's Republic has become more self-confident in terms of foreign policy: The close partnership with Russia, threatening gestures towards Taiwan, the global infrastructure offensive - all of this follows a logic that goes beyond mere tactical interests. Is this a revanchist turnaround? Or is it a rational great power strategy to which Europe has not yet found a convincing answer? Political scientist Wu Guoguang knows the Chinese power structure inside out. As a reform politician in the 1980s, he witnessed the end of Beijing's promise to open up. Today, he conducts research at Stanford University - and makes it clear that if you want to understand China's foreign policy, you have to look at its domestic politics. Daniel Leese ("Mao's Long Shadow") asks him about China's ambitions - and about the mistakes Europe is making in its dealings with Beijing. Translation: Shi Ming

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