Matthias Sander

Moin #Bremen: Freue mich sehr auf die China-Veranstaltung diesen Montag im @presseclub_hb mit Ex-Kollegen von @radiobremen und @weserkurier - kommt auch vorbei! Moderator ist @jkjwilhelm.

Zum Beispiel Lausanne. Die Geschäfte schliessen, die letzten verbliebenen Geschäftsleute kämpfen gegen sinkende Margen, auf der Strasse dominiert das Elend. Stadtbild-Debatte à la Suisse by @MatthiaSander

6/ ...and the rising power doesn't step up and provide those public goods, then you're in deep doo-doo. Charles Kindleberger, economic historian and architect of the Marshall Plan, thought that was the issue in the 1920s when the U.S. went isolationist and tariffed everyone.

Good morning, if you're in Zurich and free this afternoon - I'll be giving a talk (in English) on China's tech capabilities: fvsinologie.uzh.ch/en/events/2024…

«Wenn Tamedia die ‹Tribune de Genève› nicht erhalten will, muss sie die Zeitung abgeben» Die liberalen Regierungschefinnen von Genf und der Waadt, @NatFontanet und @CLuisierBrodard , im Doppel-Interview zu Tamedias erneuter Sparrunde: nzz.ch/schweiz/wenn-t…

Super conférence demain soir à Lausanne (smiley), donnée by yours truly. Je peux encore avoir une place ou deux si vous m'écrivez. romandie-chine.ch/la-chine-une-s…

"Der Dalai Lama war ein Superstar, er traf Clinton, Sarkozy, Merkel. Doch dann wurde China immer mächtiger Der geistliche Führer der Tibeter besucht am Wochenende die Schweiz." Starkes Stück von @KBuechenb, @RoSchwarzenbach und Dario Veréb: nzz.ch/zuerich/dalai-…

A list of China's tools for controlling tech exports from the new @merics_eu report. Informal measures are as important as formal ones. I think of China's retaliation against South Korea over THAAD when a bunch of Lotte stores were closed due to alleged fire safety code violations. This sentence from the report is worth highlighting: "While its aggressive efforts at appropriating foreign technology have long been a prime cause for concern, foreign governments and firms now face an additional challenge: As Chinese companies ascend critical technology value chains, Beijing appears intent on monitoring and limiting foreign access to those." Keeping value chains at home: How China controls foreign access to technology and what it means for Europe Full report: merics.org/en/report/keep…

In this new research article, Steve Tsang and I examine #XiJinping’s “whole-nation” approach to acquire strategic #technology from the #West. Read here: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s… #China #EV #innovation #scientist #antimonopoly

Must feel bad to be silenced by the system u are constantly publicly supporting. And over such an anodyne comment

"Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic" “It should have been in our interest to get as much vaccine in people’s arms as possible,” said Greg Treverton, former chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (...). reuters.com/investigates/s…

KI, Chips, Solaranlagen - ist China auf dem Weg zur Tech-Supermacht? Alexandra Stefanov hat mich für ihren Podcast "China Impulse" zu meinem Buch interviewt: china-impulse.de/podcast/folge-…

Xiexie für das Gespräch zu meinem China-Tech-Buch, @ManuScherfer vom Podcast China-Ticker! #t=1729" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">chinaticker.podigee.io/40-doping-spio…

How is it these days as a foreign journalist to operate in China you ask ? Well, let me give you a little update now that I am back for about 7 months. Thread 1/

Feels like a pretty seismic week in EU-China relations. I get the feeling that we're not in Kansas anymore Here is a summary of the major events that have happened, let me know if I missed any, bearing in mind it's still only lunchtime on Friday...

Recently Health Checking Urinals have begun popping up in Men's restrooms all over Shanghai. A private company is offering the urine analysis for RMB 20. Naturally I tried that out. Here's how that went.

Heute zum Apéro: So faszinierend Chinas technologische Entwicklung der letzten Jahre sein mag, so erschreckend sind seine Überwachungsmassnahmen. Wird das im Westen Schule machen? Rezension über das Buch von @MatthiaSander. schweizermonat.ch/blaupause-des-…

translating this was hell, please read for a taste of the stunning hubris of the Xi Jinping personality cult: chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/03/compas…

There are some people out there who think that if they can just "explain" China to Western audiences, and make Westerners "understand" China better, then attitudes toward China will become more positive. No. That will not work. A lack of understanding is not the problem.

Dinge, die ihr aus China nicht mitbekommt: Immer mehr chinesische Feminist:innen entscheiden sich für lesbische Beziehungen. Der Grund? Sie halten Männer nicht mehr aus. Und haben dafür sogar ein Wort erfunden: Straight Man Cancer. thechinaproject.com/2023/07/05/awa…