Parag Khanna was a foreign policy advisor in Barack Obama's first presidential campaign. The political scientist is the founder of the strategy consulting firm FutureMap. In an interview with China.Table, he says Europe's sanctions against China are ineffective and merely a self-satisfaction of the West. To influence the situation in China in the long term, the West must remain present.
Von Michael Radunski
Rapid economic growth in China has been accompanied by environmental damage in many regions. Shenzhen has introduced the GEP, an alternative system to GDP that measures the growth and well-being of its citizens based on ecological factors. Figures from the new eco-indicator will be presented for the first time in June. The GEP is intended to provide incentives for more sustainable investment.
Von Frank Sieren
The technology companies Xiaomi and Foxconn are shaking up the Chinese market for electric mobility. Xiaomi wants to invest billions in the development of EV production – but then probably outsource the production itself. Foxconn has developed an open software and hardware platform and is forging more and more partnerships for it. Siemens, Bosch, and Leoni are ready.
Von Christiane Kuehl
In 1957, Mao ordered 60 million Chinese to "cook steel" and built 240,000 small blast furnaces. That was the beginning of a steel addiction that has driven China's steel production up year after year ever since. With state-subsidized steel, Beijing floods the world market. Now, Xi Jinping says this has to stop because the steel glut is counteracting his goals for reducing CO2 emissions.
Von Antje Sirleschtov
Das schnelle Wirtschaftswachstum in China ging in vielen Regionen mit Umweltschäden einher. Shenzhen hat mit dem GEP ein alternatives System zum BIP eingeführt, das das Wachstum und Wohlbefinden seiner Bürger anhand ökologischer Faktoren misst. Im Juni werden erstmals Zahlen des neuen Öko-Indikators präsentiert. Mit dem GEP sollen Anreize für mehr nachhaltige Investitionen gesetzt werden.
Von Frank Sieren
