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Beijing's Controversial European Projects Get Pushed Into The Spotlight May 05, 2021 06:47 GMT Share share Print Welcome back to the China In Eurasia briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter tracking China’s resurgent influence from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Big news! The China In Eurasia newsletter will now be going out twice a month. Expect to see it in your inbox on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. I’m RFE/RL correspondent Reid Standish and here’s what I’m following right now. China Takes Center Stage In Europe Debt problems and transparency concerns pushed Beijing’s pr...

news China tops agenda as G7 foreign ministers meet in London © Bloomberg Dominic Raab, right, welcomes Antony Blinken to the G7 meeting in London. Photo: Bloomberg China topped the agenda as the G7 foreign ministers met in London on Tuesday with the world's major democracies trying to reaffirm their global leadership in the face of Beijing's increasing assertiveness. The coronavirus pandemic and its geopolitical fallout meant the event took place in a different world compared with the last such Group of 7 meeting in 2019, with China's role in that world a key concern. Accordingly, it was ...

May 4, 2021 Noah BarkinSenior Visiting Fellow, Asia Program Welcome to Watching China in Europe, a monthly update from GMF’s Asia Program. Now more than ever, the transatlantic partners need clarity and cohesion when it comes to China policy. In this monthly newsletter and the WCIE podcast series, Noah Barkin—a veteran journalist, managing editor at Rhodium Group and a senior visiting fellow at GMF—provides his personal observations and analysis on the most pressing China-related developments and activities throughout Europe. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter please si...

Despite a flurry of head-turning statements from the Trump administration, Merkel preferred to keep her calm for the next few years, likely waiting for a new president in 2020. She and the German establishment got what they wanted: In Joe Biden there's a new U.S. leader with a clear multilateral and pro-European agenda.  But despite relations being much more friendly on the surface now, some central issues remain. "The big topics like Nord Stream 2 and the NATO spending target of 2% of GDP will remain contentious issues," said Andreas Dombret, a member of the board of the Atlantik Brücke, a...

The German chancellor oversaw an unprecedented flourishing of business and political ties that brought growth to German business and cooperation on issues such as climate change. But for critics, Merkel's approach left Germany dangerously dependent on an authoritarian superpower. One of the leading observers of German-Chinese relations, Noah Barkin of the German Marshall Fund and the Rhodium Group, joins DW's Richard Walker to explore a complex legacy in this edition of Merkel's Last Dance.