Germany and China
How Entanglement Undermines Freedom, Prosperity and Security
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 2024
256 pages
978-1-350-35703-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 Germany and China, 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.
In Germany and China, 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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-350-35703-7 (9781350357037)
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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, Taiwan and Hong Kong (2020) and he is a frequent commentator on China for international media such as the BBC, Washington Post and Al Jazeera.
Content
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
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
