Germany and China

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.

Preface

PART 1 | Germany's Entanglement with Autocratic China: Causes, Culprits and Consequences

Chapter 1. Germany's Rude Awakening
Chapter 2. Strategic Culture, the Steinmeier Doctrine and the Puzzle of German Power
Chapter 3. Why the CCP Struggles Against its Oopponents, at Home and Abroad
Chapter 4. How Kohl, Schröder, Merkel and Scholz Normalised Autocratic China
Chapter 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 Shift

Chapter 6. The Demise of Germany's Solar Industry and Volkswagen's China Conundrum
Chapter 7. Germany's Lost Crown Jewel Kuka Roboter GmbH and Berlin's Huawei Dilemma
Chapter 8. Squandered German Leverage and Limits to Dialogue and Cooperation with China
Chapter 9. Europe's Arms Embargo, Dual Use Exports and Germany's Indifference Towards Taiwan
Chapter 10. Censorship, Self-Censorship and Compromises in Academic Cooperation with China
Chapter 11. Towards Greater Autocracy Competence in Germany?
Bibliography
Index