MERICS China Podcast
366 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe MERICS China Podcast, brought to you by the Mercator Institute for China Studies, a show that analyses current affairs in China and the latest developments in EU-China relations.
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Tom Bayes on Chinese presence in the African tech sector
July 09, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBJuly 9, 2019China’s engagement in Africa is often reduced to infrastructure and resources. But China is also massively increasing its presence in the African tech sector. Chinese state-owned enterprises and private companies are providing telecommunication lines and consumer electronics, but also surveillance technologies and digital solutions to enhance government control. “It is important that we have a nuanced understanding of what is going on both positive and negative dimensions,” argue...
#83 Tom Bayes on Chinese presence in the African tech sector
July 09, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBJuly 9, 2019China’s engagement in Africa is often reduced to infrastructure and resources. But China is also massively increasing its presence in the African tech sector. Chinese state-owned enterprises and private companies are providing telecommunication lines and consumer electronics, but also surveillance technologies and digital solutions to enhance government control. “It is important that we have a nuanced understanding of what is going on both positive and negative dimensions,” argues...
#82 Made in China 2025: Wie weit ist China auf dem Weg zu globaler Technologieführerschaft?
July 04, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB4. Juli 2019Anlässlich der Präsentation der neuen MERICS-Studie zu Chinas Made in China 2025 Strategie diskutierte Autor Max J. Zenglein mit Markus Heß, Leiter Unterabteilung Industrie und Mobilität der Zukunft im BMWi, Dr. Thomas Hueck, Chef-Volkswirt der Robert Bosch GmbH, Oliver Wack, Area Manager East Asia, VDMA Foreign Trade und Jörg Wuttke, Präsident der Europäischen Handelskammer in China, über die Bedeutung der chinesischen Innovationsoffensive für Deutschland und Europa. Kerstin Lohs...
Made in China 2025: Wie weit ist China auf dem Weg zu globaler Technologieführerschaft?
July 04, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB4. Juli 2019Anlässlich der Präsentation der neuen MERICS-Studie zu Chinas Made in China 2025 Strategie diskutierte Autor Max J. Zenglein mit Markus Heß, Leiter Unterabteilung Industrie und Mobilität der Zukunft im BMWi, Dr. Thomas Hueck, Chef-Volkswirt der Robert Bosch GmbH, Oliver Wack, Area Manager East Asia, VDMA Foreign Trade und Jörg Wuttke, Präsident der Europäischen Handelskammer in China, über die Bedeutung der chinesischen Innovationsoffensive für Deutschland und Europa. Kerstin Loh...
Thirty years after Tiananmen: Panel Discussion
June 14, 2019 08:33 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBOn June 3rd, MERICS and the Federal Agency of Civic Education (bpb) jointly organized a panel discussion on the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. Leading experts from Germany and the US discussed the legacy of June 4th and its consequences for China’s domestic development and civic engagement. The debate was moderated by Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Director of the Research Area on Public Policy and Society at MERICS.Perry Link, Emeritus professor for East Asian Studies at Princeton ...
#81 Thirty years after Tiananmen: Panel Discussion
June 14, 2019 08:33 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBOn June 3rd, MERICS and the Federal Agency of Civic Education (bpb) jointly organized a panel discussion on the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. Leading experts from Germany and the US discussed the legacy of June 4th and its consequences for China’s domestic development and civic engagement. The debate was moderated by Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Director of the Research Area on Public Policy and Society at MERICS.Perry Link, Emeritus professor for East Asian Studies at Princeton U...
Joerg Wuttke on the future of EU-China economic relations
May 29, 2019 13:48 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBMay 29, 2019Only recently international companies have been allowed to start their own major projects in China. The German car builder BMW is for the first time majority shareholder of a joint venture in Shenyang, whereas chemical company BASF announced the investment of 10 billion dollars into a joint project in Guangdong Province. China opens up its market in areas where it could benefit from prestigious partners, says old China hand Joerg Wuttke, BASF China chief representative and newly ...
#80 Joerg Wuttke on the future of EU-China economic relations
May 29, 2019 13:48 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBMay 29, 2019Only recently international companies have been allowed to start their own major projects in China. The German car builder BMW is for the first time majority shareholder of a joint venture in Shenyang, whereas chemical company BASF announced the investment of 10 billion dollars into a joint project in Guangdong Province. China opens up its market in areas where it could benefit from prestigious partners, says old China hand Joerg Wuttke, BASF China chief representative and newly e...
#79 Stephan Schütz: 20 Jahre Architektur in China - von Großprojekten zu mehr Realismus
May 10, 2019 12:40 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB10. Mai 2019Mit der wirtschaftlichen Öffnung Chinas entwickelte sich in den 90er Jahren ein rasanter Bauboom. Ausländische Architekturfirmen erhielten dort Möglichkeiten zu Großprojekten wie in kaum einem anderen Land. In jüngerer Zeit verändert sich das Umfeld: Präsident Xi Jinping kritisierte für „China unpassende“ Architektur und löste damit eine Debatte über eine Rückbesinnung auf eine traditionelle chinesische Bauweise aus. Stephan Schütz, Partner bei dem renommierten deutschen Architekt...
Stephan Schütz: 20 Jahre Architektur in China - von Großprojekten zu mehr Realismus
May 10, 2019 12:40 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB10. Mai 2019Mit der wirtschaftlichen Öffnung Chinas entwickelte sich in den 90er Jahren ein rasanter Bauboom. Ausländische Architekturfirmen erhielten dort Möglichkeiten zu Großprojekten wie in kaum einem anderen Land. In jüngerer Zeit verändert sich das Umfeld: Präsident Xi Jinping kritisierte für „China unpassende“ Architektur und löste damit eine Debatte über eine Rückbesinnung auf eine traditionelle chinesische Bauweise aus. Stephan Schütz, Partner bei dem renommierten deutschen Architek...
Chloé Froissart: “Labor issues are particularly sensitive for the CCP”
April 30, 2019 16:24 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBApril 30, 2019Over the last year, the Chinese government has been tightening its grip on labor activism across the country. In the southern industrial hub of Shenzhen, factory workers of a welding machinery company were arrested after trying to form their own union in July 2018. Many of them remain in custody until today. But crackdowns on labor activists do not seem to discourage workers and employees. Recent social media protests against excessive working hours in the tech industry show th...
#78 Chloé Froissart: “Labor issues are particularly sensitive for the CCP”
April 30, 2019 16:24 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBApril 30, 2019Over the last year, the Chinese government has been tightening its grip on labor activism across the country. In the southern industrial hub of Shenzhen, factory workers of a welding machinery company were arrested after trying to form their own union in July 2018. Many of them remain in custody until today. But crackdowns on labor activists do not seem to discourage workers and employees. Recent social media protests against excessive working hours in the tech industry show tha...
#77 Frank Pieke on risks and benefits of research cooperation with China
April 16, 2019 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBApril 16, 2019China’s advances in research and development range from its ambitious space program to controversial experiments with gene editing. Yet scientific cooperating with China can also offer benefits and opportunities for Europe and its scientists. But how to spot the risks and where to draw red lines? Merics director Frank Pieke, co-author of a recent study on Europe-China cooperation in higher education and research, says Europe has been somewhat naïve in dealing with China’s strate...
Frank Pieke on risks and benefits of research cooperation with China
April 16, 2019 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBApril 16, 2019China’s advances in research and development range from its ambitious space program to controversial experiments with gene editing. Yet scientific cooperating with China can also offer benefits and opportunities for Europe and its scientists. But how to spot the risks and where to draw red lines? Merics director Frank Pieke, co-author of a recent study on Europe-China cooperation in higher education and research, says Europe has been somewhat naïve in dealing with China’s strat...
Kristin Shi-Kupfer: “China sees digitalization as a chance to increase its global footprint”
April 08, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBApril 8, 2019China spends a lot to develop digital technologies. For Beijing, digitization is as a unique opportunity to upgrade its industries, increase social control, and become a global leader in digital technologies, says MERICS researcher Kristin-Shi-Kupfer. In a new study that she co-authored with MERICS research associate Mareike Ohlberg, she argues that China’s digital ambitions are mainly state-driven and rely on close cooperation between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the stat...
#76 Kristin Shi-Kupfer: “China sees digitalization as a chance to increase its global footprint”
April 08, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBApril 8, 2019China spends a lot to develop digital technologies. For Beijing, digitization is as a unique opportunity to upgrade its industries, increase social control, and become a global leader in digital technologies, says MERICS researcher Kristin-Shi-Kupfer. In a new study that she co-authored with MERICS research associate Mareike Ohlberg, she argues that China’s digital ambitions are mainly state-driven and rely on close cooperation between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the state...
Stefan Mair(BDI) & Volker Treier (DIHK) über den Umgang der deutschen Wirtschaft mit China
March 27, 2019 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB27. März 2019Die Veröffentlichung des BDI-Grundsatzpapiers zum künftigen Umgang der deutschen Wirtschaft mit China hat seit Januar für heftige Kontroversen gesorgt. Dem DIHK gingen die Forderung nach einem härteren Kurs gegenüber China teilweise zu weit, andere hätten sich noch klarere Worte gewünscht. Bei einem gemeinsamem Lunch-Talk von MERICS und Global Bridges am 28. Februar 2019 diskutierte der stellvertretende Direktor von MERICS Mikko Huotari mit Stefan Mair, Mitglied der Hauptgeschäf...
#75 Stefan Mair(BDI) & Volker Treier (DIHK) über den Umgang der deutschen Wirtschaft mit China
March 27, 2019 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB27. März 2019Die Veröffentlichung des BDI-Grundsatzpapiers zum künftigen Umgang der deutschen Wirtschaft mit China hat seit Januar für heftige Kontroversen gesorgt. Dem DIHK gingen die Forderung nach einem härteren Kurs gegenüber China teilweise zu weit, andere hätten sich noch klarere Worte gewünscht. Bei einem gemeinsamem Lunch-Talk von MERICS und Global Bridges am 28. Februar 2019 diskutierte der stellvertretende Direktor von MERICS Mikko Huotari mit Stefan Mair, Mitglied der Hauptgeschäf...
#74 Kai Strittmatter: "Die chinesische Diktatur verpasst sich ein digitales Update"
March 22, 2019 12:21 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB22. März 2019China baut derzeit systematisch einen digitalen Überwachungsstaat auf und verpasst der Einparteien-Diktatur damit ein digitales Update, sagt der langjährige China-Korrespondent und Buchautor Kai Strittmatter. Die KPC China nutze dabei das tiefverwurzelte Misstrauen in der Gesellschaft für ihre Herrschaftszwecke. Warum Strittmatter trotzdem gern in China gearbeitet hat und das chinesische Essen vermissen wird – er lebt jetzt in Kopenhagen – das erläuterte er am 25. Februar 2019 vo...
Kai Strittmatter: "Die chinesische Diktatur verpasst sich ein digitales Update"
March 22, 2019 12:21 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB22. März 2019China baut derzeit systematisch einen digitalen Überwachungsstaat auf und verpasst der Einparteien-Diktatur damit ein digitales Update, sagt der langjährige China-Korrespondent und Buchautor Kai Strittmatter. Die KPC China nutze dabei das tiefverwurzelte Misstrauen in der Gesellschaft für ihre Herrschaftszwecke. Warum Strittmatter trotzdem gern in China gearbeitet hat und das chinesische Essen vermissen wird – er lebt jetzt in Kopenhagen – das erläuterte er am 25. Februar 2019 v...
#73 Lucrezia Poggetti: Rome’s support for BRI would legitimize China’s geopolitical ambitions
March 19, 2019 13:01 - 10 minutes - 7.5 MBMarch 19, 2019Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe this week, with his state visit to Italy (March 21 to 24) attracting a lot of attention. That’s because the Italian coalition government is expected to endorse the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s ambitious global trade and infrastructure program. Rome’s move comes at a time when elsewhere in the EU concerns about BRI are growing and Europe tries to forge a coordinated China policy, says Lucrezia Poggetti, research associate at...
Lucrezia Poggetti: Rome’s support for BRI would legitimize China’s geopolitical ambitions
March 19, 2019 13:01 - 10 minutes - 7.5 MBMarch 19, 2019Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe this week, with his state visit to Italy (March 21 to 24) attracting a lot of attention. That’s because the Italian coalition government is expected to endorse the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s ambitious global trade and infrastructure program. Rome’s move comes at a time when elsewhere in the EU concerns about BRI are growing and Europe tries to forge a coordinated China policy, says Lucrezia Poggetti, research associate a...
Mikko Huotari And Agatha Kratz: EU moves to closer scrutiny of Chinese FDI
March 06, 2019 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBChinese direct investment in Europe has continued to decline in 2018, according to a new report by MERICS and Rhodium Group. The slowdown in FDI comes amid heated debates in Europe about Chinese influence and growing awareness that some investments from China - for instance in high tech sectors or infrastructure - might need closer scrutiny. Agatha Kratz, Associate Director at Rhodium Group in Paris, and MERICS deputy director Mikko Huotari discuss the latest Chinese FDI figures and recent p...
#72 Mikko Huotari And Agatha Kratz: EU moves to closer scrutiny of Chinese FDI
March 06, 2019 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBChinese direct investment in Europe has continued to decline in 2018, according to a new report by MERICS and Rhodium Group. The slowdown in FDI comes amid heated debates in Europe about Chinese influence and growing awareness that some investments from China - for instance in high tech sectors or infrastructure - might need closer scrutiny. Agatha Kratz, Associate Director at Rhodium Group in Paris, and MERICS deputy director Mikko Huotari discuss the latest Chinese FDI figures and recent po...
Ying Zhu on Chinese cinema: “Censorship is a very challenging issue”
February 22, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBFebruary 22, 2019Film fans still wonder why Zhang Yimou’s “One Second” was withdrawn from the Berlin Film Festival. The official explanation that “technical reasons” were to blame only fueled speculation that Chinese censors objected to the film’s debut. Leading Chinese film scholar Ying Zhu, who teaches in New York and Hong Kong, discusses Zhang Yimou’s case in the new MERICS Experts podcast. For Chinese filmmakers “censorship is a very challenging issue”, she notes, adding that controls ov...
#71 Ying Zhu on Chinese cinema: “Censorship is a very challenging issue”
February 22, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBFebruary 22, 2019Film fans still wonder why Zhang Yimou’s “One Second” was withdrawn from the Berlin Film Festival. The official explanation that “technical reasons” were to blame only fueled speculation that Chinese censors objected to the film’s debut. Leading Chinese film scholar Ying Zhu, who teaches in New York and Hong Kong, discusses Zhang Yimou’s case in the new MERICS Experts podcast. For Chinese filmmakers “censorship is a very challenging issue”, she notes, adding that controls ove...
Jeffrey Ding on AI in China: "Easy access to data is not everything"
January 28, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBJanuary 28, 2019China wants to become the global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) by 2030 and therefore pumps huge amounts of funding into AI research and development. But how realistic are China’s ambitions? How advanced is China in AI? Its facial recognition technology already ranks among the world’s best, says Jeffrey Ding of the University of Oxford, but in many other areas China still lags behind the United States. That’s because easy access to huge amount of data isn’t everything...
#70 Jeffrey Ding on AI in China: "Easy access to data is not everything"
January 28, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBJanuary 28, 2019China wants to become the global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) by 2030 and therefore pumps huge amounts of funding into AI research and development. But how realistic are China’s ambitions? How advanced is China in AI? Its facial recognition technology already ranks among the world’s best, says Jeffrey Ding of the University of Oxford, but in many other areas China still lags behind the United States. That’s because easy access to huge amount of data isn’t everything,...
#69 Adrian Zenz on re-education camps in Xinjiang
January 11, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBJanuary 11, 2019China’s policies in the north-western region of Xinjiang have come under international criticism in recent months, especially the detention of tens if not hundreds of thousands Muslim Uighurs. The Chinese government says the re-education camps and other surveillance measures in Xinjiang are part of a campaign to fight terrorism and religious extremism. But the independent researcher Adrian Zenz, who has studied numerous government documents on Xinjiang, says China attempts to ...
Adrian Zenz on re-education camps in Xinjiang
January 11, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBJanuary 11, 2019China’s policies in the north-western region of Xinjiang have come under international criticism in recent months, especially the detention of tens if not hundreds of thousands Muslim Uighurs. The Chinese government says the re-education camps and other surveillance measures in Xinjiang are part of a campaign to fight terrorism and religious extremism. But the independent researcher Adrian Zenz, who has studied numerous government documents on Xinjiang, says China attempts to...
#68 Kristin Shi-Kupfer über 40 Jahre Reform- und Öffnung: China ist Rivale und Partner zugleich
December 13, 2018 00:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB13. Dezember 2018Chinas Transformation vom verarmten Bauernstaat zur zweitgrößten Volkswirtschaft der Welt hat viele Grundannahmen auf den Kopf gestellt: Ein rigides Einparteiensystem und eine dynamische Wirtschaftsentwicklung stehen nicht zwangsläufig im Widerspruch; wirtschaftlicher Aufstieg und mehr Wohlstand führen nicht automatisch zu einer politischen Öffnung. Die KP China ist anpassungsfähiger als viele erwartet haben, sagt Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Leiterin des Forschungsbereichs Politik, G...
Kristin Shi-Kupfer über 40 Jahre Reform- und Öffnung: China ist Rivale und Partner zugleich
December 13, 2018 00:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB13. Dezember 2018Chinas Transformation vom verarmten Bauernstaat zur zweitgrößten Volkswirtschaft der Welt hat viele Grundannahmen auf den Kopf gestellt: Ein rigides Einparteiensystem und eine dynamische Wirtschaftsentwicklung stehen nicht zwangsläufig im Widerspruch; wirtschaftlicher Aufstieg und mehr Wohlstand führen nicht automatisch zu einer politischen Öffnung. Die KP China ist anpassungsfähiger als viele erwartet haben, sagt Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Leiterin des Forschungsbereichs Politik, ...
Alicia García Herrero: "A dinner in Buenos Aires won't end the trade war"
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBNovember 28, 2018US President Trump and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina over the weekend. But there is little hope that the two leaders will announce an end to the Sino-American trade war, says Hong Kong-based economist Alicia García Herrero. She says at most China and the US could agree on a truce to gain more time to disentangle their economies from each other. What the trade war is really about, she argues, is a battle for...
#67 Alicia García Herrero: "A dinner in Buenos Aires won't end the trade war"
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBNovember 28, 2018US President Trump and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina over the weekend. But there is little hope that the two leaders will announce an end to the Sino-American trade war, says Hong Kong-based economist Alicia García Herrero. She says at most China and the US could agree on a truce to gain more time to disentangle their economies from each other. What the trade war is really about, she argues, is a battle for ...
#66 Jane Duckett: "Rural areas still struggle to provide basic health care"
November 22, 2018 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBNovember 22, 2018In the past 15 years, China has made considerable progress in setting up a comprehensive health care system. Today, over 92 percent of Chinese have basic health insurance. But huge challenges remain notably in rural areas. While people in urban centers often have access to modern facilities and well-trained doctors, rural residents still struggle to get basic care such as vaccines, says Jane Duckett, a health care specialist from the University of Glasgow and co-editor of a n...
Jane Duckett: "Rural areas still struggle to provide basic health care"
November 22, 2018 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBNovember 22, 2018In the past 15 years, China has made considerable progress in setting up a comprehensive health care system. Today, over 92 percent of Chinese have basic health insurance. But huge challenges remain notably in rural areas. While people in urban centers often have access to modern facilities and well-trained doctors, rural residents still struggle to get basic care such as vaccines, says Jane Duckett, a health care specialist from the University of Glasgow and co-editor of a ...
#65 Reinhard Bütikofer: Im Umgang mit China Klartext reden
November 13, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB13. November 2018„Fehlende Marktöffnung, nationalistische Industriepolitik, mangelnde Kooperationsbereitschaft, marktverzerrende Subventionen“ – wenn es um Chinas Wirtschaftspolitik geht, spart der grüne Europaabgeordnete Reinhard Bütikofer nicht mit Kritik. Im Handelsstreit zwischen China und den USA dürfe sich Europa gleichwohl nicht „liebesdienerisch“ den USA an den Hals werfen, warnt er. Die EU müsse ihre eigene Linie finden. Leicht ist das nicht, denn Europa müsse erst lernen, mit ein...
Reinhard Bütikofer: Im Umgang mit China Klartext reden
November 13, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB13. November 2018„Fehlende Marktöffnung, nationalistische Industriepolitik, mangelnde Kooperationsbereitschaft, marktverzerrende Subventionen“ – wenn es um Chinas Wirtschaftspolitik geht, spart der grüne Europaabgeordnete Reinhard Bütikofer nicht mit Kritik. Im Handelsstreit zwischen China und den USA dürfe sich Europa gleichwohl nicht „liebesdienerisch“ den USA an den Hals werfen, warnt er. Die EU müsse ihre eigene Linie finden. Leicht ist das nicht, denn Europa müsse erst lernen, mit einer...
Stephan Scheuer und Andre Loesekrug-Pietri über „Silicon China“
November 06, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MB6. November 2018Ob digitale Bezahlsystem oder Künstliche Intelligenz – China drückt bei der Digitalisierung mächtig aufs Tempo. Aufstrebende IT-Firmen aus China drängen längst auf den Weltmarkt und setzen europäische High-Tech-Unternehmen zunehmend unter Druck. Warum ist „Silicon China“ so erfolgreich? Droht Europa bei der digitalen Revolution den Anschluss zu verpassen? Darüber diskutierte Claudia Wessling, Leiterin Publikationen beim MERICS, am 31. Oktober mit dem langjährigen China-Korres...
#64 Stephan Scheuer und Andre Loesekrug-Pietri über „Silicon China“
November 06, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MB6. November 2018Ob digitale Bezahlsystem oder Künstliche Intelligenz – China drückt bei der Digitalisierung mächtig aufs Tempo. Aufstrebende IT-Firmen aus China drängen längst auf den Weltmarkt und setzen europäische High-Tech-Unternehmen zunehmend unter Druck. Warum ist „Silicon China“ so erfolgreich? Droht Europa bei der digitalen Revolution den Anschluss zu verpassen? Darüber diskutierte Claudia Wessling, Leiterin Publikationen beim MERICS, am 31. Oktober mit dem langjährigen China-Korre...
#63 Matthias Stepan: Absolute Armut sinkt, soziale Ungleichheit bleibt
October 18, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB18. Oktober 2018Offiziell ist die Zahl der Armen in China in den letzten fünf Jahren um 68 Millionen gesunken. Bei der Bekämpfung der absoluten Armut hat die Volksrepublik also gewaltige Fortschritte gemacht. Sie setzt dabei auf Infrastrukturmaßnahmen, auf das Engagement von Betrieben und auf den Einsatz von IT. Aber, sagt Matthias Stepan, Leiter des Programms Innenpolitik beim MERICS, die soziale Ungleichheit ist trotz der statistischen Erfolge nicht geringer geworden. Offen ist auch, ob di...
Matthias Stepan: Absolute Armut sinkt, soziale Ungleichheit bleibt
October 18, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB18. Oktober 2018Offiziell ist die Zahl der Armen in China in den letzten fünf Jahren um 68 Millionen gesunken. Bei der Bekämpfung der absoluten Armut hat die Volksrepublik also gewaltige Fortschritte gemacht. Sie setzt dabei auf Infrastrukturmaßnahmen, auf das Engagement von Betrieben und auf den Einsatz von IT. Aber, sagt Matthias Stepan, Leiter des Programms Innenpolitik beim MERICS, die soziale Ungleichheit ist trotz der statistischen Erfolge nicht geringer geworden. Offen ist auch, ob di...
#62 Theresa Fallon on the BRI: "The EU needs to proceed very carefully"
October 02, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBOctober 2, 2018When Xi Jinping first launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the idea of improving trade and transport links between China, Asia and Europe was received favourably in many European countries. Especially central and south-eastern European governments were keen on Chinese infrastructure investments. Five years on, the mood has somewhat changed. There are concerns over “debt diplomacy” and political influencing. And there’s pushback from Brussels. The EU Commission last mont...
Theresa Fallon on the BRI: "The EU needs to proceed very carefully"
October 02, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBOctober 2, 2018When Xi Jinping first launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the idea of improving trade and transport links between China, Asia and Europe was received favourably in many European countries. Especially central and south-eastern European governments were keen on Chinese infrastructure investments. Five years on, the mood has somewhat changed. There are concerns over “debt diplomacy” and political influencing. And there’s pushback from Brussels. The EU Commission last mon...
#61 Thomas Eder über Chancen und Risiken der neuen Seidenstraße
September 26, 2018 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB26. September 2018Die neue Seidenstraße, auch als Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) bekannt, wird von manchen als das größte Infrastrukturprogramm seit dem Marshallplan bezeichnet. Vor fünf Jahren wurde sie im September 2013 von Staats- und Parteichef Xi Jinping in Kasachstan angekündigt. Was steckt hinter dem Vorhaben und wie hat es sich entwickelt? Was für Projekte wurden umgesetzt? Und wer profitiert davon? Diesen und weiteren Fragen stellt sich Thomas Eder, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am ...
Thomas Eder über Chancen und Risiken der neuen Seidenstraße
September 26, 2018 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB26. September 2018Die neue Seidenstraße, auch als Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) bekannt, wird von manchen als das größte Infrastrukturprogramm seit dem Marshallplan bezeichnet. Vor fünf Jahren wurde sie im September 2013 von Staats- und Parteichef Xi Jinping in Kasachstan angekündigt. Was steckt hinter dem Vorhaben und wie hat es sich entwickelt? Was für Projekte wurden umgesetzt? Und wer profitiert davon? Diesen und weiteren Fragen stellt sich Thomas Eder, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am...
Frank N. Pieke: “Xi Jinping will find it harder than expected to secure a third term"
September 10, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBSeptember 10, 2018For years, many China observers believed that the Chinese Communist Party would eventually crumble under the contradictions between a Leninist political system and a dynamic society. “But we were all proved wrong”, says Frank N. Pieke, the new head of MERICS. The Chinese Communist Party is more modern, more powerful and confident than ever, he says. Yet, Xi Jinping, who likes to present himself as an all-powerful state and party leader, faces headwinds from within the appar...
#60 Frank N. Pieke: “Xi Jinping will find it harder than expected to secure a third term"
September 10, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBSeptember 10, 2018For years, many China observers believed that the Chinese Communist Party would eventually crumble under the contradictions between a Leninist political system and a dynamic society. “But we were all proved wrong”, says Frank N. Pieke, the new head of MERICS. The Chinese Communist Party is more modern, more powerful and confident than ever, he says. Yet, Xi Jinping, who likes to present himself as an all-powerful state and party leader, faces headwinds from within the appara...
Martha Bayles: “Hollywood is compromising freedom of expression to stay in China”
June 21, 2018 14:54 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBJune 22, 2018For Hollywood China is a huge market it cannot afford to ignore. But closer co-operation with the Chinese movie industry has not always gone well: Expensive co-productions like “The Great Wall” flopped at box offices worldwide in 2016. More recently, a series of high profile deals hit snags. Yet Hollywood is still keen on China and willing to go a long way to please Chinese censors by tweaking scripts, making Chinese movie characters look nicer or replacing Chinese villains with...
#59 Martha Bayles: “Hollywood is compromising freedom of expression to stay in China”
June 21, 2018 14:54 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBJune 22, 2018For Hollywood China is a huge market it cannot afford to ignore. But closer co-operation with the Chinese movie industry has not always gone well: Expensive co-productions like “The Great Wall” flopped at box offices worldwide in 2016. More recently, a series of high profile deals hit snags. Yet Hollywood is still keen on China and willing to go a long way to please Chinese censors by tweaking scripts, making Chinese movie characters look nicer or replacing Chinese villains with ...