“China in 25”: EU-China relations + BRICS summit + AI in China

“China in 25” – in no more than 25 minutes Mikko Huotari, Bernhard Bartsch and Claudia Wessling discuss current developments in China.

This episode looks at relations between China and the EU in light of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's trip to Europe and ahead of the EU-China summit in Beijing, Xi Jinping's absence at the BRICS summit and China's growing capabilities in artificial intelligence.

The experts see in China's exchange with Europe “not an offer for a partnership of equals, but a geopolitical call to adapt to reality.” For Europe, this means that it must make itself strategically necessary “and for this it needs a strong foreign trade policy that reduces dependencies.”

Find out more about the topics covered in this episode:

• Medtech trade skirmish + Trade tensions ahead of EU-China-summit + BRICS, MERICS China Essentials