Germans emerge as Europe’s biggest China hawks as economic pain begins to bite

Germans have emerged as some of Europe’s most hawkish voters on China, more likely to consider Beijing as a rival or an adversary than in any other major EU country, a new survey has shown.

Published amid a bout of soul-searching in Berlin over whether to back a tougher approach towards China on trade, the findings suggest that the country’s citizens might not be opposed to such a shift.

This is a short excerpt. EkJhalak links out rather than reproducing other newsrooms’ work — continue at South China Morning Post.