Why is it taking so long for the German government to abandon its failed China policy of & #39;change through trade& #39;? A thread 1/11
When it comes to the People& #39;s Republic of China (henceforth #China), the German government has largely engaged in foreign trade promotion (Außenwirtschaftsförderung) 2/11
In his PhD thesis Norbert Schultes has pointed out that in foreign trade promotion the German government has let the private sector take the lead, which explains the highly corporatist approach 3/11

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Outsourcing foreign policy to the private sector has also meant that corporate propaganda has always loomed large in the German public discourse about China 5/11
Germany& #39;s outdated China policy will only change if politicians and parliamentarians reassert the central role of the state and strengthen both democratic security and industrial policy 9/11 https://dgap.org/en/research/publications/how-democratic-security-can-protect-europe-rising-china">https://dgap.org/en/resear...
Academics and journalists should play their part by deconstructing both government and corporate propaganda which hypes the significance of China& #39;s market for Germany& #39;s export-oriented economy 10/11 https://twitter.com/AMFChina/status/1282933266341933057?s=20">https://twitter.com/AMFChina/...
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