Financial Times reporter Yuan Yang on China-Europe relations

This week on Sinica, Kaiser & Jeremy welcome Yuan Yang, a reporter for the Financial Times who was until recently covering technology in Beijing. Now based in London, her beat is China-Europe relations, and on this episode she discusses German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's recent trip to China, and how Europe and European countries are navigating the fraught U.S.-China relationship.6:09 – Providing a balanced account of China’s tech ecosystem    9:38 – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's recent trip to Beijing16:00 – The strategic autonomy of European foreign policy18:41 – European countries’ fractured response to US tech restrictions on China21:58 – EU policies towards Xinjiang 24:31 – The impact of tech restrictions on European supply chains27:39 – The efficacy of sanctions30:12 – How China’s position on Russia damaged its reputation in Europe33:48 – European reaction to Biden-Xi meeting35:57 – How a change in the American presidency could disrupt the Transatlantic alliance system40:55 – The formulation of Sunak’s China policy  43:50 – Yuan’s new forthcoming book Private Revolutions  A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.comJeremy: Jewish comedian Ari ShaffirYuan: The Emily Wells album Regards to the End; The Dispossessed by Ursula Le GuinKaiser: mongulai.com, an e-commerce website specializing in Mongolian artisanal crafts; the Netflix show BarbariansSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.