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Germans emerge as Europe’s biggest China hawks as economic pain begins to bite
🌍 GlobalAug 7, 2026 02:00SRC: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POSTBY: Finbarr Bermingham
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Germans have emerged as some of Europe’s most hawkish voters on China, more likely to consider Beijing as a rival or an adversary than in any other major EU country, a new survey has shown. Published amid a bout of soul-searching in Berlin over whether to back a tougher approach towards China on trade, the findings suggest that the country’s citizens might not be opposed to such a shift. A combined 49 per cent of German people polled considered China to be primarily a rival or an adversary, way.
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Germans have emerged as some of Europe’s most hawkish voters on China, more likely to consider Beijing as a rival or an adversary than in any other major EU country, a new survey has shown.
Published amid a bout of soul-searching in Berlin over whether to back a tougher approach towards China on trade, the findings suggest that the country’s citizens might not be opposed to such a shift.
A combined 49 per cent of German people polled considered China to be primarily a rival or an adversary, way...
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