Contrary to all protestations, Europe is decoupling itself from China. Not with a big gesture, but quietly and quietly – from below. Many German cities maintained partnerships with China, which they are now ending.
Bernd Ziesemer
At first glance, it seems as if everything is running as usual in Duisburg: Chinese containers are still being heaved off the trains in the port, which roll every week from Chongqing, 10,000 kilometers away, to the Lower Rhine. The China-Ruhr area railway connection is part of the New Silk Road, with which China wants to create a network of modern trade routes in the world; Inaugurated in 2011 with a lot of optimism, celebrated in 2014 with great fanfare when Xi Jinping visited this terminus as part of a state visit.
Source: Stern
