Politicians and experts push for reduced reliance on Beijing as Berlin ‘would not and could not evade’ economic fallout of Taiwan invasion

Germany's top-end carmakers took a battering at home and in China in 2024, sales volume data showed, as wealthier consumers held back on purchases amid an uncertain economy and on slower than expected electric vehicle sales.

With opposition leader Friedrich Merz likely to be Germany's next chancellor, experts weigh in on whether his tough China stance will hold Friedrich Merz, front runner to become Germany's next leader in February,

India and China will continue to drive global economic growth in the next two years, while the United States could also benefit from a more neoliberal approach by the new administration. But Germany is lagging behind.

For a long time, Germany has valued China's exhibition market and continuously deepened cooperation. Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC), a joint venture between Lujiazui Exhibition Development Co Ltd Deutsche Messe AG, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, and Messe München GmbH, is jointly operated by China and Germany.

Chinese investors are considering buying German car factories, including Volkswagen's, to establish a stronger presence in Europe's auto industry. This move aims to avoid EU tariffs on imported electric vehicles and deepen China-Germany industrial ties,

Beijing warned Germany on Friday to stop "hyping up" spying risks a day after prosecutors there charged three people suspected of supplying technological information to Chinese intelligence.

China’s primary goal is to damage America’s economy and pave the way for it to become the world’s pre-eminent power.

The German economy shrank for the second straight year in 2024 as worried consumers held back on spending and Chinese competition ate into the country’s traditional exports of cars and industrial mach

China’s vast exports in 2024 exceeded its imports on a scale seldom seen anywhere except during or immediately after the two world wars.

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Visitors spend their leisure time at a coffee shop in the Hongmei cultural and creative industry park, which is transformed from an old factory, in Tiexi District of Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)