Darum China!
The Podcast on China from Thuringa
Podcast
China has a long history, is a large empire and accounts for around a fifth of the world's population, not to mention its rapid economic rise. And that is precisely why it is worth taking a closer look at this country.
In this podcast, we interview people in Thuringia with links to and experience of China. Why are you interested in China? What experience do you have with China? How does China “work”?
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"The chaotic US approach serves the political aims of the CPC"
A. Freytag interviews Greg Caskey, Assistant Professor of Economics at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Caskey's research focuses on public choice and applied microeconomics, especially as it relates to China. He shares his opions on actual trade policies and tariffs between the USA and China.
"When amateurs making policy." The US tariffs under Trump II
In this episode on “economic statecraft“, A. Freytag speaks about the recent tariff conflict between USA and PR China, and what consequences it has for the European Union. A. Freytag is convinced that China is holding the lever, but we do not have to be afraid of China's economy. [Episode in German language]
"The carrots from the US only bring losses, because we cannot engage with the Chinese.” Perspectives from Latin American Pacific Coast
In our third episode on economic statecraft, we move from Down Under further on onto the shores at the other side of the Pacific Ocean. We have spoken with Cynthia Sanborn, who is Director of the Center for China and Asia-Pacific at Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, Peru, and Francisco Urdinez, Director of Millennium Nucleus of China's Impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. They give insights in there mapping of economic activities undertaken by Chinese companies in the pacific region of Latin America, on the benefits for the region and what risks and dependencies have occurred.
"The Germans would say 'Vorauseilender Gehorsam'.” A second perspective from Australia on weaponized trade.
In the second episode in our series on economic coercion in English, Professor Markus Wagner from the School of Law at the University of Wollongong shares his insights on trade affairs between China and Australia and its implications for Germany and the EU. Professor Wagner is a Chief Investigator in a multidisciplinary project titled Weaponised Trade. On the project webspace are showcased case studies from all over the world (https://economiccoercion.com).
"Threads are grounded in plausible deniability." Australian perspectives on economic coercion from the Chinese state
In this special issue Andreas Freytag, expert on economic politics, interviews the two Australian scholars in the field of international trade issues and public policy, that is Naoise McDonagh from Edith Cowan University in Joondalup and Peter Draper from the University of Adelaide. They explain the Australian experience and counter measures on coercion stipulated by the Chinese government and if it is transferable to the EU and Germany.
"My textbook was translated into Chinese!" As lecturer at a Summer School in China
Prof. Dr. Christian Alexander has beein visiting scholar during Summer 2024 and lecturing at the Summer School at the University of 欧洲杯投注地址_明升体育-竞彩足球比分推荐 Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing. He talks about his experiences during his stay and gives insights into antitrust and media law issues in China showing that we can learn from China. [Episode in German language]
‘I never saw it as a chaperone.’ - Field research in Chinese minority areas
Ferdinand Stenglein is researcher at the institute of social geography at the University of Jena. In 2008/2009, he stayed one year at the University of Hong Kong and joined a project with the Chinese Academy of Science doing research in the border region between Yunnan and Tibet. For his Master thesis, he conducted qualitative research on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the autonomous province of Xinjiang. In this interview, he shares his experiences and why learning Chinese characters is time well spent. [Episode in German language]
It is not assumed that anyone outside China is interested in it.
Prof Dr Bertram Schmitz has not only dealt intensively with the monotheistic religions, but also with the Chinese culture and its religions. How is communication and understanding possible between distant cultures and religious traditons? [Episode in German language]
I didn't have any culture shock - but for my fellow students it was like described in textbooks
Sylvia Canario Acosta chose China as her target culture when studying Intercultural Business Communication. She travelled to China several times to stay with a host family in Shanghai and immersed herself in the culture. [Episode in German language]
Chinese is easier - as a sinologist in molecular photonics
Silvia Ruthardt studied sinology, studied in China and worked for a Chinese company in Germany before taking up her current position at the Chair of Molecular Photonics. [Episode in German language]
Out of the comfort zone and into the pulse of the times - research with actors from the distant cultural sphere of China
Linus Schlüter studied sinology and coordinates the China Competence Platform in Thuringia (ChinaKooP). In this episode, he presents the goals and content of the platform and his view of China competency. [Episode in German language]