Now even the Krauts cannot tahan the CCP

[glockman]

Why is Germany wading into the Indo-Pacific’s strategic waters?

Wendy Wu
South China Morning Post 12 September 2020

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had barely wrapped up the Berlin leg of his five-nation European trip last week when Germany unveiled a major strategic shift.

Wang had been in Europe trying to repair ties damaged by the coronavirus pandemic, the national security law in Hong Kong and allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

But the day after he left, Germany announced it was adopting an Indo-Pacific strategy, suggesting a reassessment of its approach towards China.

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Germany’s relationship with China has long centred on economics and trade but now that is expected to encompass geopolitical interests and human rights.

The United States was the first to adopt an Indo-Pacific strategy in 2017, promoting the concept of a “free and open” region to check China’s growing military presence and economic influence.

France became the first European country to follow suit in May 2019, aiming to be “an inclusive and stabilising mediating power” in the region. It held the first trilateral dialogue of foreign ministers with India and Australia on Wednesday, with topics covering coronavirus relief and maritime security.

Now Germany, China’s biggest economic partner in Europe, has become the second on the continent to signal its Indo-Pacific interests with the guidelines outlined in “Germany-Europe-Asia: shaping the 21st century together”.

The release of the document comes with just two months to go until the US presidential election and observers said it appeared to be an attempt to improve relations with Washington that had been strained by differences over trade, defence and the Iran nuclear deal.


https://sg.news.yahoo.com/why-germany-wading-indo-pacific-060121729.html

 

[eatshitndie]

germany proposes euro carrier. hope the new bismarck sails again in the south china seas.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/germany-proposes-european-aircraft-carrier/

 

[glockman]

germany proposes euro carrier. hope the new bismarck sails again in the south china seas.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/germany-proposes-european-aircraft-carrier/
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Yeah, they didn't have a flat-top in the last great war. They need to have one, or two now. War with the bastard CCP is imminent. The Tirpitz and Bismarck shall rise again!

 

[syed putra]

Euro carrier?
Germany builds it, EU pays?
Italy, France, Spain , UK have their own carriers. They use their own money.

 

[eatshitndie]

Euro carrier?
Germany builds it, EU pays?
Italy, France, Spain , UK have their own carriers. They use their own money.

every concession cuntry that occupied china after the boxer rebellion flop now wants to punish prc and the ccp and get a piece of her arse. massive carrier fleets blockading prc is a good start.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Fake news. No opium to smuggle in SCS to China, kpkb to wayang only 吃饭没事做.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Europe knows nuts of defending big sea areas like SCS. Bomb Suze Canal into obvilion they have to sail around Africa to reach Asia then the hv to beg China for 1B1R...

 

[Peiweh]

Europe knows nuts of defending big sea areas like SCS. Bomb Suze Canal into obvilion they have to sail around Africa to reach Asia then the hv to beg China for 1B1R...

Comrade Tan of the CCP! Good news! Its Monday so we are back here watching for PRC spies like you. Tell your PRC commanders to give you some new lines to use, pls

 

[syed putra]

China already drinking german beer in qingdao no?

 

[Froggy]

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/In...=3&pub_date=20200913093000&seq_num=2&si=44594

Germany ends China honeymoon with new Indo-Pacific strategy
European country's industrial powerhouses wary of alienating supersized market

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a ceremony in Berlin in 2017. Germany's new Indo-Pacific strategy takes a tougher approach toward Beijing. © Reuters
JUN ISHIKAWA, Nikkei staff writerSeptember 9, 2020 04:58 JST

BERLIN -- After years of shaping its Asian strategy around China, Germany has made a sharp break and will focus instead on stronger partnerships with democracies in the region such as Japan and South Korea to promote the rule of law.

The shift comes as part of a rising sense of alarm throughout Europe about economic dependence on China and the country's track record on human rights.

"We want to help shape [the future global order] so that it is based on rules and international cooperation, not on the law of the strong," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Sept. 2. "That is why we have intensified cooperation with those countries that share our democratic and liberal values."

Germany that day adopted new policy guidelines covering the Indo-Pacific, stressing the importance of the rule of law and promoting open markets in the region. The strategy echoes the approach taken by France, as well as Japan, Australia and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

China had been Berlin's diplomatic focus in Asia, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel visiting the country almost yearly. China also accounts for 50% of Germany's trade with the Indo-Pacific region.

But economic growth has not opened the Chinese market as hoped. German companies operating there have been forced to hand over technology by China's government. Negotiations for an investment treaty between the European Union and China to address such issues have stalled, fueling concerns about becoming too economically dependent on Beijing.

This coincided with growing criticism of China's new national security law in Hong Kong and its detention centers for members of the Uighur Muslim minority, which in turn have led to increasing resistance in Germany to Merkel's pro-China policies.

Berlin's new Indo-Pacific strategy takes a tougher approach toward China, including criticism of the vast debt racked up by countries participating in Beijing's Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative.

German companies also have concerns about doing business and protecting their intellectual property in China, especially after Chinese appliance maker Midea Group bought German robot maker Kuka in late 2016.

But they are hesitant to snub such a supersized market. About 40% of vehicles sold last year by Volkswagen, as well as nearly 30% by Daimler and BMW, went to China.

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess calls China his company's "most important market." The automaker in May agreed to take a 50% stake in the parent of China's state-owned JAC Motors. The German company has defended its plant in Xinjiang, the Uighurs' home region.

Volkswagen has only committed more firmly to China after an emissions scandal in the U.S. and setbacks in its tie-up with Tata Motors in India.

Daimler and BMW also see China as the key to success, especially with the European market still stricken by the coronavirus pandemic. Daimler issued an apology in 2018 for quoting the Dalai Lama in an ad.

BASF, a leading chemical producer, is constructing its second integrated chemical project in China as well. The German company's Guangdong Province site is slated for completion in 2030 and will cost $10 billion.

Still, Europe as a whole appears to be reevaluating its ties to China. The European Union in 2019 labeled China a "strategic competitor," highlighting its trade and technological rivalry with the Asian giant. A shift toward a more sober strategy on Beijing has occurred, said Patrick Koellner at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies.

Germany plans to work with France toward an EU-wide strategy on the Indo-Pacific. Berlin aims to boost its influence on the issue by having the entire bloc on its side.

The U.K. and France also have begun freezing Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technology out of their 5G networks. Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently toured Europe as part of Beijing's charm offensive, but his trip largely highlighted the growing rift between the two sides.

 

[laksaboy]

Only Jack Ma's SCMP is still 'wondering why'.

Summarize for you: regime change of China.

 

[redbull313]

good. box them in until the moron chinks beg for mercy

 

[Peiweh]

So now its basically lets see....... everyone. Everyone now hates the PRCs. I just think they need to be put in a circus tent and made to dance for us. They are that stupid and funny!

 

[laksaboy]

So now its basically lets see....... everyone. Everyone now hates the PRCs. I just think they need to be put in a circus tent and made to dance for us. They are that stupid and funny!

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Lee Hsien Loong and Ho Ching were bribed too.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Shameless hypocrite German shitkins.

If they want human rights she hv support China in the 1800s to stop BE opium trade war.

German was one of 八国联军 joined BE attack China and China ceded Qingdao to them.

If u hv war crime history against another country keep yr mouth shut today. German has yet to payback China for the war crime costs.

 

[Peiweh]

Lee Hsien Loong and Ho Ching were bribed too.

When it comes to SInkees, not the brightest lot, you know. Americans are smarter

 

[Peiweh]

Shameless hypocrite German shitkins.

If they want human rights she hv support China in the 1800s to stop BE opium trade war.

German was one of 八国联军 joined BE attack China and China ceded Qingdao to them.

If u hv war crime history against another country keep yr mouth shut today. German has yet to payback China for the war crime costs.

Comrade Tan of the CCP, now really first you PRCs release a virus and now you go on and piss off the Germans. I mean who's next ? The Brazilians?

 

[mudhatter]

Wuhan Virus?

What about the costs of this crime?

 

[redbull313]

Lee Hsien Loong and Ho Ching were bribed too.

they will get whats coming for them. LHL thinks he can get the money and get along with the chinks. he's wrong. and now he's writing articles telling both US and CHina o behave. He must be very afraid

 

[glockman]

Shameless hypocrite German shitkins.

If they want human rights she hv support China in the 1800s to stop BE opium trade war.

German was one of 八国联军 joined BE attack China and China ceded Qingdao to them.

If u hv war crime history against another country keep yr mouth shut today. German has yet to payback China for the war crime costs.

Why you get so worked up? Don't worry, China still has one asset which is in great demand all over the world!