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Germany-China

Germany-China relations (Tomorrow Thinking Podcast)

Mikko Huotari

External publication

Dec 18, 2025

China in 25: Trump-Xi meeting, Germany-China relations and the next Five-Year Plan

Podcast

Oct 31, 2025

Sino-German relations: from commercial complementarity to systemic rivalry (SeRViR, in French)

Esther Goreichy

External publication

Oct 01, 2025

he flags of Germany, China and the European Union are seen ahead of a meeting between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Berlin, Germany, June 19, 2023.

Courting Berlin, countering Brussels: China’s twin-track approach to Germany and the EU

Comment

Sep 10, 2025

Experts on Germany-China

HuotariMikko

Mikko Huotari

Executive Director

China’s foreign policy; China-Europe relations; global (economic) governance and competition

Bernhard Bartsch

Bernhard Bartsch

Director External Relations

German and European China policy, economic and business relations

ClaudiaWessling

Claudia Wessling

Director Communications and Publications

Sino-German relations; Digitalization and tech development in China; China's Belt&Road Initiative

Events

Welche Chinapolitik braucht Deutschland nach der Bundestagswahl?

Feb. 26, 2025

Germany-China 2035: What future should we plan for?

Nov. 28, 2024

Berlin

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