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The Covid-19 pandemic that started in Wuhan has caused a marked shift in geopolitical perceptions. China under Xi Jinping is no longer seen only as a competitor, but also as a threat. The Middle Kingdom is strictly against it.
Even before Covid-19 broke out, the signals between China and the US pointed to a storm. The Western belief that free trade in China is accompanied by a systemic shift towards greater openness has come to an end under the Mao-oriented government of Xi Jinping. China is not just playing with power and economic policy according to its own rules in the “Belt and Road” initiative, which are increasingly perceived as a threat.
The pandemic has made the situation worse and worse. The United States is on a confrontational course and not without success for the allies. The economic crisis in the Middle Kingdom is deeply entrenched and Beijing reacts with panic and aggressively. Free Hong Kong no longer exists. Taiwan comes next Where is Europe? – NZZ Editor-in-Chief Eric Gujer and political philosopher Katja Gentinetta speak with East Asian expert Mareike Ohlberg about China’s development under Corona.
