Why can’t Germany quit China?
In recent weeks bigname German companies Volkswagen and BASF have been in hot water they’ve been called out for their activities in shinjang an autonomous region in Northwest China home to around 12 million Wagers an ethnic group that suffered suppression by the Chinese government Volkswagen’s Chinese joint venture partner there saic is accused of
Using forced labor at a production facility in arumi BW says it’s found no evidence of abuse at arumi but that it’s yet to conduct an audit of the test track still it is reassessing its relationship with saic BASF meanwhile has been called out for alleged abuses by its Chinese partner maror based in
Corla maror staff are accused of spying on Wagers as a result BASF says it’s speeding up its withdrawal from the joint venture despite claiming it’s found no evidence of human rights violations
In the past decades, Germany’s export-driven economy has become heavily dependent on China. It’s often an uncomfortable relationship involving cars, rare earths, 5G tech – and human rights. In this explainer, DW Business examines the rise of this unique economic relationship and asks if German attempts to “de-risk” its ties with Beijing will work out.
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17 comments
You think Europe is the moral and economic Center of the world
The fall of the German Empire
So they aren’t participating in human rights violations at their plants, they’re just financing it.
Try this on for size: virtually ALL of the solar panels (green revolution) are made by the UUyghurs.
I think I remember Volkswagen having some connections with a problematic totalitarian
regime previously, but can't quite remember which one?? 😂
"Oppression" is sure a new synonym for Genocide.
Germany will quit China when China invades Taiwan. The Germans did not learn any lessons from Russia.
Well, what can I say
🙄 i hope known of china product in your country. His China not a human being is China not a productive country?
Why would they want to quit ? Isn't globalization all the rage now? That is, the whole world to be inter-dependent on other countries via trade, and not to be locally independent and sustainable :D.
Eggroll addiction
Entkoppeln!
Most of the western countries in 'China' must be given back their independence.
Volks Wagen in Ching Chang . 😅😅😅
Germany has an obsession with dictatorships and oil rogue states.
Germany even send weapon to Israel now, so why bother enterprises.
Biden: Jump!
Olaf Scholz: How high?