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I think the cordialities have simple roots: Germany won't engage militarily anyway and we will continue to trade, too. The only threat to the relations can onl
by knallfrosch 4y ago
I think the cordialities have simple roots:
Germany won't engage militarily anyway and we will continue to trade, too. The only threat to the relations can only come from the CCP restricting trade.
Germany simply doesn't have a navy, overseas territories in the Pacific, nuclear submarine deals with Australia, a space force, a war-deciding satellite-internet company, or an air force that could fly further than Switzerland.
On the economic side, Maybachs and Porsches sold to Chinese customers pay for our standard for living. We won't bite the hand that feeds us.
On really crucial industries, we don't have anything, especially not in China: Social networks with billions of users, AI, computer chips, raw materials, PV cells - nothing. We couldn't cut them off from anything critical because we don't have it.
To China, we're harmless. That's why they don't care. Smile and wave, boys.
- evv555 4y ago>On really crucial industries, we don't have anything, especially not in China: Social networks with billions of users, AI, computer chips, raw materials, PV cells - nothing. We couldn't cut them off from anything critical because we don't have it. From what I have heard Chinese factories use alot of German engineering. It's been a key component of China's ascent and the current leverage they have over western interests.
- pintxo 4y agoNo space force? Here you go: https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/luftwaffe/organisation-/weltraumkommando-der-bundeswehr https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/luftwaffe/organisa...
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y agoTsk. This! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzsxN4HNrNw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzsxN4HNrNw
- elefanten 4y agoDo you think this bothers Germans enough to want to change it? Or is all global, humanity-scale ambition gone (for generations, let’s say)?