Germany-China

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Germany-China

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

Podcast

Oct 31, 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

Wang Yi's visit to Berlin and EU-China relations (ZDF)

Mikko Huotari

External publication

Jul 03, 2025

The flags of Germany and China are flying in the wind.

Germany’s dilemma over strategic recalibration with China

Mikko Huotari

Max J. Zenglein

Report

May 13, 2025

“China in 25": Xi's travel diplomacy and China's economy in Q1

Podcast

Apr 25, 2025

"China in 25": The US-China trade war and China in the next German government's coalition agreement

Podcast

Apr 11, 2025

A new German strategy toward China

Mikko Huotari

Comment

Mar 10, 2025

The German elections as seen from China, with Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Podcast

Mar 07, 2025

"China in 25": Tariffs and transatlantic challenges

Podcast

Feb 19, 2025

Annalena Baerbock and Wang Yi at the 2024 Munich Security Conference

MERICS Forum: The next German government's China policy

Comment

Jan 21, 2025

MERICS Diskussionsveranstaltung mit Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock

China and geopolitical challenges for Germany and Europe - Discussion with Federal Minister Annalena Baerbock

Video

Jan 20, 2025

Workers assemble cars at a Beijing Benz Automotive Co. Ltd factory, a German joint venture company for Mercedes-Benz, in Beijing

German carmakers are placing a risky bet on China

Alexander Brown

Andreas Mischer

Comment

Dec 10, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a joint press conference, at Hyderabad House, on October 25, 2024 in New Delhi, India.

Germany and the epicenter of the global reordering

Bernhard Bartsch

Mikko Huotari

Comment

Nov 04, 2024

Many companies care very little about the China strategy (Deutschlandfunk)

Mikko Huotari

External publication

Jul 14, 2024

German Chancellor Scholz's visit to China + China-Iran + Overcapacities

MERICS China Essentials

Apr 18, 2024

Germany needs a show of self confidence in its China policy

Max J. Zenglein

Comment

Apr 12, 2024

Experts on Germany-China

Mikko Huotari

Executive Director

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

Bernhard Bartsch

Director External Relations

German and European China policy, economic and business relations

Claudia Wessling

Director Communications and Publications

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

Events

MERICS Workshop: Taiwan conflict scenarios - Assessing and mitigating impacts for Germany

Jun. 15, 2023

Berlin

Members only

MERICS China-Frühstück für MdB-Mitarbeiter:innen

Jun. 07, 2023

Germany-China

Research and Insights

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

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

Wang Yi's visit to Berlin and EU-China relations (ZDF)

Germany’s dilemma over strategic recalibration with China

“China in 25": Xi's travel diplomacy and China's economy in Q1

"China in 25": The US-China trade war and China in the next German government's coalition agreement

A new German strategy toward China

The German elections as seen from China, with Kristin Shi-Kupfer

"China in 25": Tariffs and transatlantic challenges

MERICS Forum: The next German government's China policy

China and geopolitical challenges for Germany and Europe - Discussion with Federal Minister Annalena Baerbock

German carmakers are placing a risky bet on China

Germany and the epicenter of the global reordering

Many companies care very little about the China strategy (Deutschlandfunk)

German Chancellor Scholz's visit to China + China-Iran + Overcapacities

Germany needs a show of self confidence in its China policy

Experts on Germany-China

Mikko Huotari

Bernhard Bartsch

Claudia Wessling

Events

MERICS Workshop: Taiwan conflict scenarios - Assessing and mitigating impacts for Germany

MERICS China-Frühstück für MdB-Mitarbeiter:innen

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