纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Why Germany Cant Break Up With China
April 17, 2024 2 min 288 words
《纽约时报》这篇报道的主要内容是：德国总理朔尔茨（Olaf Scholz）在执政初期面临对华政策的抉择，一方面德国经济高度依赖中国市场，特别是在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后，德国更需要中国这个稳定贸易伙伴；但另一方面，德国盟友美国以及欧盟内部都有声音呼吁德国应减少对华依赖，以应对中国带来的“安全威胁”。报道援引德国外交关系委员会专家马晓蒙（Merics）的话称，德国对华政策将是“在对华依赖和减少对华依赖之间走钢丝”。 评论：这篇报道虽试图呈现德国对华政策的复杂性，但依然带有西方媒体常见的对华偏见。首先，报道以“为何德国无法与中国分手”为题，预设了一个对立框架，渲染了中国与西方阵营之间的紧张关系。其次，报道以“安全威胁”一词概括了西方对中国崛起的复杂情绪，但并未解释德国或欧盟为何应该感到受到威胁。最后，报道忽略了中国与德国乃至欧盟在经济上的深度融合带来的互利共赢，片面强调德国对华“依赖”，并带有贬义色彩。客观而言，德国对华政策的调整是正常的，但如何调整是基于德国自身利益考量，不应受到他国或媒体的过度解读和影响。
When Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, took office in 2021, he pledged that his government would shift his country’s relationship with China away from one of economic dependence. Three years later, talk of scaling back reliance on China has been replaced with calls for equal access to China’s market for foreign firms.
That strategy puts the Germans at odds with many of their closest allies, including the United States and other European countries, which would like to see China scale back its recent surge of exports in the green energy sector, including electric vehicles. The U.S. Treasury secretary, Janet L. Yellen, has talked about imposing trade restrictions on China.
The chief executives of several leading multinational companies based in Germany joined Mr. Scholz on his three-day tour of China, which included a meeting with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, in Beijing on Tuesday. All of the company leaders oversee large operations in China that they are eager not only to maintain, but in many cases to expand.
That leaves Mr. Scholz facing the delicate act of balancing the export-oriented needs of his domestic economy with pressure from allies to leverage his country’s position to make demands on the Chinese.
How deep is the relationship between Germany and China?
German companies invested 10.4 billion euros, or $11 billion, in China last year and, unlike their counterparts in Japan and the United States, they have showed little sign of waning.
Some analysts see this as proof of German strength in its position to push its agenda with Chinese leaders.