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.
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.
PrefacePART 1 | Germany's Entanglement with Autocratic China: Causes, Culprits and ConsequencesChapter 1. Germany's Rude AwakeningChapter 2. Strategic Culture, the Steinmeier Doctrine and the Puzzle of German PowerChapter 3. Why the CCP Struggles Against its Oopponents, at Home and AbroadChapter 4. How Kohl, Schröder, Merkel and Scholz Normalised Autocratic ChinaChapter 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 ShiftChapter 6. The Demise of Germany's Solar Industry and Volkswagen's China ConundrumChapter 7. Germany's Lost Crown Jewel Kuka Roboter GmbH and Berlin's Huawei DilemmaChapter 8. Squandered German Leverage and Limits to Dialogue and Cooperation with ChinaChapter 9. Europe's Arms Embargo, Dual Use Exports and Germany's Indifference Towards TaiwanChapter 10. Censorship, Self-Censorship and Compromises in Academic Cooperation with ChinaChapter 11. Towards Greater Autocracy Competence in Germany?Bibliography Index
China matters to Germany, Europe and the world. Getting our policy towards a resurgent China right is important to Germany, Europe and other democracies. Andreas Fulda has raised serious questions about the German establishment’s engagement with China in this book. It should be required reading for policy makers and others interested in how we should engage China.