Superpower China – Wu Guoguang on Xi Jinping’s global politics
Chinese | German
China’s significance in global politics is growing. Under Xi Jinping, the People’s Republic has adopted a more assertive foreign policy agenda: a close partnership with Russia, threatening gestures towards Taiwan, a global infrastructure offensive. And all this follows a logic beyond merely tactical interests. Are we seeing a revanchist shift? Or a rational great-power strategy to which Europe has failed to find a convincing response? Political scientist Wu Guoguang has in-depth knowledge of the Chinese apparatus of power. As a reform-minded politician in the 1980s, he experienced the end of Beijing’s promise to open up. Today, he is a researcher at Stanford University and makes clear that to understand China’s foreign policy, you need to look at its domestic policy. Daniel Leese (“Maos langer Schatten” [“The Long Shadow of Mao”]) asks him about China’s ambitions—and about what errors Europe is making in its dealings with Beijing. Translation: Shi Ming
Contributors
Daniel Leese
Daniel Leese is Professor of Sinology at the University of Freiburg.… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Shi Ming
Born in 1957 in Beijing, Shi Ming has lived in Germany since 1990. He… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Wu Guoguang
Guoguang Wu is Senior Research Scholar at Stanford Center on China’s E… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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13. June 2026
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