https://www.scmp.com/rss/510677/feed Wolfgang Röhr is Senior Research Fellow at the German Studies Centre, Tongji University, Shanghai. He holds a PhD in law from Hamburg University. From 1978 to 2014, he was a member of the German Foreign Service, serving inter alia in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, Geneva, Tel Aviv and Lisbon. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The advent of the Biden administration has put one issue into sharper focus: Europe has to decide where to position itself between the United States and China. Geographically, that is clear: in the middle, and closer to Washington than to Beijing. But politically and economically? Europe is diverse. Germany is the European Union’s strongest country, its China policy is decisive for Brussels. France is a close second. The UK has left the union and is still looking for its place in the sun as... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3146920/biden-cant-assume-europe-fully-board-us-china-policy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3146920/biden-cant-assume-europe-fully-board-us-china-policy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:30:08 +0000