China

In this talk, Dr. Dylan Loh discusses how China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) became the primary vehicle through which the idea of "China" is produced, articulated, and represented on the world stage. In doing so, Loh gives a comprehensive re-appraisal of MOFA and its role in China's re-emergence.

The G20 summit in Brazil will take place at a crossroads in the global power dynamic. The traditional dominance of the rich nations is being challenged by a more united Global South, while diplomatic bridges need to be built to address pressing economic, political, and environmental issues.

The BRICS+ nations will soon come together in Kazan, Russia, for their 16th Annual Summit. Despite meeting in a country at war, old and new member states will work on initiatives for economic and political cooperation while aspiring ones will await a decision on the group’s further expansion.

This Special Issue presents four studies on Chinese cultural entrepreneurship in literary production, visual arts, social media, and cinema. Other articles deal with the concept of “APCSF,” anti-COVID-19 slogans, and the Chinese party-stateʼs reactions to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

The Franco-German Observatory invites key actors from the Indo-Pacific to present their vision of the region, how they conceive of it geo-strategically and the place of China, the US, and Europe within this framework. We will debate questions of economic interdependence and independence, of trade and investment, and the expectations the countries of the Indo-Pacific might have towards the “West”.

In November 2021, the Chinese Communist Party approved the Resolution on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the Past Century. Together with a first resolution in 1945 and a second one passed in 1981, it forms a string of watershed documents, each of them inaugurating and legitimating a new ‘dynasty’ of Party rule.

Under the headline of “Chinese Migrants in Metropolises Abroad” this special issue explores recent developments in the Chinese diaspora through an urban lens. It presents five empirical contributions based on fieldwork in Paris, Berlin, Manchester (UK), Mexico City, Lagos, Gaborone, and Windhoek.

China and India are among Germany’s most important partners when it comes to scientific and technological cooperation with Asia. This discussion outlines the similarities and differences between the two Asian countries, decisive for our assessment of the opportunities and risks regarding cooperation with them.