{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/691c9bb37b9e972a6b1961d2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"China shock 2.0: why Germany is worried ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/1763482497065-49e0c286-858a-400e-a93e-e9ddb4bc9331.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>As Chinese AI surges ahead, the country’s stranglehold on rare earths tightens and its exports boom, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/20/to-avoid-crushing-change-europe-must-take-control-of-its-destiny?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=drumtower&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">European governments</a> are bracing for a new China shock. <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/02/21/how-china-has-pushed-germany-to-rethink-industrial-policy?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=drumtower&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Germany is particularly exposed</a>. Is it too late to change its approach?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Hosts: Jeremy Page, <em>The Economist’s</em> chief China correspondent, and geopolitics editor David Rennie.</p><p>Guest: Johannes Volkmann, Christian Democratic Union politician and member of the German Bundestag.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Transcripts of our podcasts are available via </em><a href=\"http://economist.com/podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>economist.com/podcasts</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</em></a><em>.&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href=\"https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account.</em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}