sure.... chinas aggressive expansionism and economic and cyberwarfare tactics are definitely germany's fault... That is the most CCP logic Ive seen a wumao write yet!!
they made some incredibly stupid strategic decisions placing too many eggs in a very vulnerable basket. in a more serious crisis that could have been the end of their nation. they have learned the lesson however and will be more prepared in the future.
As a Chinese, one of my favourite things to do on the internet is to see how people are speculating how everything is our fault and how we are going to collapse and sell our souls tomorrow
Well China played its card right. China will dominate in the next 20 years. America is in decline. Now, will China be benevolent or will it become a supremacist? That is the question. China, the new USA imperialist? China the land/sea grabber
You Chinese are good ppl. I worry about Chinese living in Australia now. We had a great relationship and Chinese integrated extremely well in our country. I miss yours. ❤
Is it weird to blame China with the antibiotic argument? Can't Germany find other countries to buy or stock in advance? You should always be prepared for the unexpected, right? For example, Germany Siemens occupies a dominant position in the medical industry, if there is a medical accident somewhere in China needs Siemens products, but can not buy or stock, should I blame Germany?
@@charleswomack2166 India gets precursors for medications from China, so that’s not an option. We’re in the same boat here in the U.S.A., and yes, obviously we still have drug companies that make medications, but they don’t want to make all medication. There’s not a lot of money to be made in selling, or manufacturing, drugs like antibiotics, or some pain relievers. We’re currently having huge shortages of insulin, but that’s manufactured here in our country. The shortages are caused because of Bill Gates, and his fake, lab meat companies. They use so much insulin to make the fake meat, I guess they don’t care if people d*e while they’re making, and testing it. Then again, Gates is part of that d**th cult, so of course he doesn’t care…
The choice would be between Russia and China - DW use ominous background music in both cases. And have you noticed the thinly vailed emotional manipulation when they showed that cute little boy, who was ill? As if it was not Germany's fault for not having enough drugs in stock "for a rainy day".
Lol. On the other hand, if you don't know Russian you won't find this funny, Mr Wu: - Товарищи! Ленин открыл нам глаза! - И нам ... цуть цуть/ (А нам не оцень...) (Translation:) - Comrades! Lenin has opened our eyes! -Our eyes too.... a little bit (squinting is also customary)
The ominous music, and don't forget the "BBC filter", where they grey everything out and darken it. Or the other where they add a policeman with big Xi's face under a red backdrop
@@Jocococch why would the winners need authorization from the losers? The number of countries around the world that recognizes PRC and not ROC speaks for itself on legitimacy.
@@Jocococch When the country was established, it needed to be recognized by other countries. All the major countries in the world did not recognize it as a country. Do you know how the Kuomintang lost the mainland? Because during the period of the Kuomintang's rule, people were living in poverty, corruption is serious. Otherwise, how could the Communist Party force it to an island? This is the course of history. Since the world powers do not recognize the legitimacy of the Republic of China, so it is part of the People's Republic of China.
In a simple sentence, in the context of economic globalization, China has defeated the United States with "high human rights", "low welfare", and "strong independent unions" by leveraging the "advantages" of "low human rights", "negative welfare", and "no independent unions" under authoritarian dictatorship. This has led to the phenomenon of "bad currency driving out good currency" in the context of economic globalization So the fundamental solution to the problem is that the United States and Western countries must exert pressure and supervise the Chinese government to improve the human rights and welfare protection of migrant workers who are Chinese farmers. Otherwise, it will affect the rights and interests of workers in the United States and Western countries Russia is a friend of the CCP and an enemy of the Chinese people; The United States and the West are friends of the Chinese people and enemies of the CCP Don't be afraid of the great cold, everyone work hard together-- Qin Hui
They didn’t want to “tour,” Little Pink, they just wanted to TALK to the company CEO…. Why do you & your co-workers continue to flood DW comments with propaganda?….
Was the WEst dependent on China in the late eighties and early nineties? NOPE. We (our politicians and entrepreneurs) put ourselves voluntarily into that position! So rectify that problem!
The problem is that there is not enough political will to do so, and of course the US will never allow that. Remember this quote: "The purpose of NATO is to keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down".
eurocentric culture collapses the moment it recognizes the absolute necessity of a healthy working population. its not eurocentric if its calling workers humans and doing anything but murdering them with labor induced starvation. the moment we recognize the humanity of the working class, we become Asiatic. simply because eurocentric cultures main focus is denying workers the right to be human or have any measurable quality of life.
What has made us so dependent is corporations they wanted the cheap labor. So millions of mfg jobs were gutted here in America and sent to China. Basicslly corporate greed.
'I am too dependent on you, it is YOUR fault!'...... seems to be the main message of this video. However In 13:13 there is a moment of self awareness, so all is not lost. Blaming China is just politically expedient, and serves little to improve things.
There is no sense in blaming China for taking advantage of Europe. Their job is to look out for China's interests, so why shouldn't they? The blame needs to be directed at our weak leaders who LET China take advantage of us for so long, instead of serving their own people! Uncoupling from this damaging trade relationship should have happened decades ago, but at least some politicians are starting to admit this historic mistake now.
Well China did use unfair practices to gain that dominance like slave labor, government subsidies, etc. However it is Germany's fault for doing business with communists. While the West is starting to realize their mistake they are falling for the same trap again with Vietnam and India.
Persuasion is the point. Because unlike the CCP, Germany cannot control private business. This is the process of persuasion to get business leaders to make better decisions and put country over profit. In this regard I guess it would be easier to be more like China and just imprison anyone that doesnt comply to the letter with government preferences.
@@stephenhill545 Germany is dependent on the USA first of all politically. All Germany's decisions must be approved by the White House. You can't honestly consider a country independent when it has another country's military bases on its territory. Germany has a lot of American military bases.
It is obviously the White House and the Pentagon in the United States that are monitoring German politicians through the Prism program, but DW says they are afraid of China’s network monitoring Germany. This is really ridiculous thinking.
Did you know the US spends 10x the amount of the ccp does on EV subsidies? Funny how the EU didn't need to "look into" the heavily subsidised US cars and funny how the US didn't mention how they gave tesla alone BILLIONS of US tax payer money.
@@Anthony-db7cs The government of China has given 4 billion to EV companies, the government of the US has given 30+ billion to US companies. How is that fair? Huh, its like the US ones are state funded too but just can't compete cause it probably goes into the pockets for shareholders and CEOs while China actually puts it to their cars.
Germany has always struck me as a very practical long term thinking country. Germany's behavior towards China has always been baked in short term thinking.
We saw with Russian oil, that Germany is still suffering... France has no issue, since they were not dependent on Russia. France has same situation with China. Thats why France has no recession today. US and Europe were so stupid to send their technology to China and teach them how things are done. Now they are suffering...
all conditions are Germany depends on US, if US has conflict with Germany, Germany will see how much bad depends US. but now, why US didn't provide enough pharmacy to Germany? because it is expensive. this Germany director enjoy the low prices high quality goods as well blame China didn't provide enough. ridiculous!
The term "dependency" alone, which is now constantly heard, is ultimately silly. There is a contractual set of rules, trade relations with rules that everyone has to abide by. So everyone is dependent on everyone else, and that's a good thing. This is precisely why relations work worldwide, as long as the West does not unfairly shape the agreements to the detriment of weaker countries, which has unfortunately happened in the past.
RoC's constitution insists on Taiwan as one province as China, while PRC is patiently stating Taiwan is one provintof China, the current DPP party has put "push Taiwan independence as their final goal" in their party principle. While PRC is defending RoC's constitution and called peaceful reunification relentlessly, and Chinese souvereignty, g7 and I.s. calling China the aggressor, seems odd enough for anyone to notice
In terms of geographical location, if 🇩🇪 shares more than 4,000 kilometres of border with Russia like China, how will 🇩🇪 choose to get along with Russia?
With Nato in the west, Israel in the middle east, Pappet states such as Japan, South Korea, Roc and Philippines surrounding China, Russia and China need to stick together to become stronger. China and Russia is so close is a result of American geo politics in the past.
DE will do the same thing Japan has done -- attempt to buy off and appease. Eventually they'll figure out this only makes it worse and rearm. If Ukraine falls expect this process to be sooner. Then a nuclear arms program in Poland and the Baltic States if NATO breaks up. Russia will sell off its border with China like it sold off its democracy. Putin's primary consideration is regime perpetuation.
I worked for Henkel once upon a time, I saw that German corporations can live in lala land. I also took a several week course at a Volvo corporate park outside of New York City and I also saw that Volvo as corporation was in lala land, you know spoiled and impetuous like Henkel. I know Spanish, English, Portuguese and study Italian and I can tell you that the mainstream media in these countries is worse, it you can imagine it, than the main stream media is in the U.S.. So, I 'm not surprised by this video. Germany is an extremely wealthy country and it has several of the biggest pharmaceutical corporations in the world and in spite of this, the video is claiming that the crisis that this poor child is going through is China fault. China which is almost on the other side of their world. When the west, including Germany, had China on its knees starving to death for decades where was the German outrage of the ghastly crime? When Germany is asked about all her for profit driven crimes Germany always responds: "What,... am I supposed to be my brother's keeper?
@@summer031977 Poland's economy is close to overtaking the UK's. Just because Germany used to call the shots it doesn't mean the EU will fall with it. Germany has made a lot of bad choice, expecting the good times would last forever. Germany's politicians really need to wake up and stop letting corrupt bankers (Looking at Deutsche Bank) and stupidly arrogant businessmen run their country.
Their govt can afford to do that because they are authoritarian, the Party comes before the people. We are democratic, do things as transparently as possible, and are obligated (by the People) to put our people before a govt. That shapes how we do everything. Yes, ours is a very different system but, I would argue, it can be and usually is superior in every way. Everyone wants to live in a free society.
@@nikiascheung8994 Maybe it seems that way. If so, fine. But it's the truth. There are definitely drawbacks to a free system -- a lot more political bickering and drama. But that is all temporary, reversible, very quickly when the people are united -- as usually happens in response to external aggression. I was living in NYC on 9/11, for example. Everyone came together immediately.
You have to actually mess with the US for the average person to notice or care (byproduct of the peace dividend). But once he does, watch out. We still have the best geography in the world, with all the permanent strategic and economic benefits of that. There's a lot of talk these days about "the fall of the American empire." Truth is, there has never been an American empire (beyond our own territory). I think the 21st-century is going to reaffirm America's strength and importance to global stability, and foster for many nations the kind of prosperity it fostered for China.
This is a worldwide dependency created by neoliberal economic policy that plutocrats worldwide (including in China) have implemented to transfer wealth from societies to wealthy individuals. China was encouraged to pursue mercantilist industrial behavior for decades to facilitate this transfer. The quid pro quo was globalization of finance.
Correction: Chinese EVs are cheap not because the government subsidizes them, but because China has a complete domestic supply chain (All components are homemade whereas German carmakers have to import them in order to switch to electric) and almost all the EV patents. The showdown is getting more exciting. Truth hurts😊
Headline 2024: "China Is Doubling Down on Electric Vehicle Subsidies - Reason Magazine Economics › Business and Industry Apr 29, 2024" If the cost of producing EVs was so cheap because of domestic supply chain the government should just bank that profit/taxes and use those taxes elsewhere....
@@koushikdas1992 this isn't about cheaper it's about security. Maybe we could if the CEO's of corporations weren't being paid millions of dollars in bonuses every year.
@@koushikdas1992 not with corporate greed like it is. Example: Here in the US our pharmaceuticals are priced at astronomical rates. The Same drug sold to the Canadians is a fraction of the cost. THAT is just corporate greed because THEY can get away with it.
It’s not fair to blame the ordinary person who has an ordinary income to want pricing according to their income. Wage theft by businesses is a MAJOR PROBLEM. But corporations push the narrative to “buy more” in subtle but effective ways, such as producing products to fall apart after a certain time.
Ok, you say that Chinese cars are cheaper’cause they are subsidized by the government. BYD gonna start to produce in Brasil, costing about $18.000 euros (Dolphin) 15:36 . They are subsidized? Why a lot of people like them? Inside, they are like a big computer/entertainment space, like no American or European car can produce, that’s all technology on board for a low price car. Guys, face the reality: they are better and cheaper ’cause they developed a great product system. I’m just wondering it Henry Ford suffered the same when he introduced the Model T, cheaper than all.
4:41 Journalist:Xi threatens anyone who refuses to comply 4:44 Xi: “those who consider the development of others as threat… will not benefit and will not improve their country” 4:41
Short answer… no. No country in the world can match advanced manufacturing on low cost like China. Plus the end of Cheap Russian gas means even higher cost of exports
If you’re talking about the semi conductors, yes that is true 70% from Taiwan 20% from China. Even just look at what the effect on the industry was during Covid now imagine if a war broke out in Taiwan that could last months to a year or Taiwan might even just destroy those factories to stop them from getting into China’s hands. What do you think the consequences to our economies would be?
@@pmac206yes the world is tied together with economic links yes. But the dependency is mutual. The west needs the manufacturing power and hardworking Chinese to enjoy cheap products and low inflation while the Chinese people needs the west purchasing power to continue to improve their quality of life. Seeing this tie as one-sided vulnerability, and speculate that the shortages are all intended blackmailing activities of China is not just hostle but stupid.
@@merlin0613 You plan for the worst case scenario. Just because we both need each other doesn’t mean you ignore the risks. In fact China is already in the process of doing everything they can to delink themselves from the US . China is the one that set the timeline as 2027. Now there’s a good chance that’s not accurate anymore because they’ve recently had widespread corruption issues in their military and they found out it’s not prepared, but we don’t know that for sure. We’re not just going to sit back and say go ahead China take it back we trust your intentions for all of us . Now that would be absolutely stupid , especially when we know what the likely consequences would be. Whether in the unlikely circumstance, China is able to reunify and capture all of Taiwan without any damage to their infrastructure and be able to now control 90% of the semiconductor industry or even worse. Those factories get destroyed in the process and now everyone is in a panic trying to rapidly expand their capacities, which would take decades to even reach the capabilities of the Taiwanese manufacturers.
@@merlin0613 you plan for the worst case scenario, you don’t just push forward and assume they have the best of intentions for all of us, especially when we know what the consequences would be
@@pmac206 if one always plan for the worst, one would not even dare to go out of his house, assuming all the drivers want to run him over. Actually, he would not dare to stay in the house, worrying the house may clapse. Plan for the worst is not a bad idea however that DW doing was not planning but hypothesising and misleading
It is not just Germany! Here in the US most of our pharmeceuticals have their raw ingredients from China. In big box stores, most if not all products are made in China! So we do depend on China more than people would like to admit!!!
As far as goods in the stores are concerned, my impression is that North America depends on China even more than Germany. But at least your government (the last one) was prepared to address the problem.
Count your blessings that China aren't sanction trigger happy like the US. They could have stopped all the sales of all the vital supplies in retaliation of what US did to their products.
@@tracyli5201 Even if one were to agree with that, it should happen on equal terms for both sides and there should not be abuse, such as the theft of intellectual property. Also, a country should not become dependent on another country, especially not if that other country can't be seen as a rock solid ally.
The problem with policy planners is that they don't think things through. They make decisions on current conditions irrespective of what might be coming down the road. The entire fiasco of having most products produced offshore is now showing its negative consequences: loss of expertise, dependencies on rival economies, lower wages, etc. It used to be Western countries tried for a minimum of independence in areas like food production, until greed took hold and they outsourced even that. Poor planning. Lack of intelligence. Hope it improves with AI in the driver's seat....
And vice versa. The globe is interconnected in so many ways today that one would think that no one would go to war. But no. We are tribal animals ready to ruin the whole world for.. nothing.
When there comes a point producing locally is more expensive than importing finished products from an external source, it is a policy problem. How in the world does a country go from being self sufficient to 90% dependent on a single external source for something as critical as antibiotics besides other critically important products, it is ridiculous and outlines a lackadaisical approach towards upholding the territorial integrity of your own country by abiding to the most basic principles of risk management; why would you force people to learn risk management in their acquisition of MBAs but not even apply it in government policy?
This is just US war propaganda, trying to persuade Germany to join in a war (that is not going to happen) that has absolutely nothing to do with Germany unless it ties itself to the US war machine. In fact, the US war propaganda also knows now that they can never provoke China to invade Taiwan. So instead, they just pump up the fear and destroy the German economy (by persuading them to cut ties with China), so the US capital can come in to buy up Germany for cheap.
This is all fear mongering nonsense. The Chips and Jobs Act basically revealed to everyone that as long as China doesn't invade Taiwan before the taxpayer-funded Intel fabs and TSMC factories are up and running domestically in the US (4-5 year span), then the US is unlikely to actually directly intervene.
It is weird Germany would be so dependent on Chinese antibiotics. Switzerland export a lot of antibiotics to nations outside the EU, including the USA and Japan. That are also many other EU producers of antibiotics, including Italy, Ireland, Spain, Belgium and Denmark.
Europe accounts for 79% of the total global pharmaceutical exports and the entirety of Asia only accounts for 10%. Ireland, a country of only 5 million people has a pharmaceutical industry more than twice the size of China's. The example of pharmaceuticals is a bad one especially as Germany is actually the largest exporter so has far more leverage than China ever could in that field. In 2022 Pharmaceutical products were the world's 7th most traded product (out of 96). In 2022, the top exporters of Pharmaceutical products were Germany ($125B), Switzerland ($93.8B), United States ($90B), Ireland ($83.5B), and Belgium ($73.5B).
Germany and the relevant companies have given up research into antibiotics because it was no longer attractive, i.e. there was no longer any money to be made. Obviously we have outsourced the research?
It's funny to watch European countries talking about dependency, when Britain is so "independent" from EU, and Germany has been "independent" from their pipes lol
Well, if the problem is with the German companies pushing towards normalizing relations with China at any cost, how about giving an alternative to these companies like - I don't know - create military contracts for these companies to build the German military complex further as well as heightening their output so they can strengthen all their allies through arms sales, would that solve the issue on the short term at least? Basically incentivize the German oligarchs so they start going towards the right direction: away from China and Russia.
This would be exactly the wrong direction, because the big wide world goes with China and Russia for many reasons, only the stupid ones stay behind voluntarily and then complain that nobody wants to play with them. Those who put themselves on the sidelines don't deserve any better.
In the 1990's I was twice on a 'Friendship' student exchange in China. Yet anyone who became too friendly with me was called into an office somewhere and warned not to become too friendly, but to use me as a tool to improve their language ability only. While I have the greatest respect and affection for the Chinese people themselves, a strand of the authorities, particularly under Xi, have points to make, many of them justified. They also grievances to be assuaged, and the world to be put back to how it is supposed to be, with China as the centre. Naivety is not an option in the current world, bets must be hedged, and even sides picked.
Please don't think you know China because you have been there 30 years ago! China in the 2020s is different from the 2010s China, never mind what happened prior to that! The people who used to run the show are all gone now. The way they think and live have changed in the most incredible ways. Think about how much YOUR country has changed and multiply that 10x!
As a Chinese person, i know for sure we going to take more territories after Taiwan. It is best for countries like Germany to look out for itself and NOT BECOME AN HINDRANCE.
@@ashog1426 there is another washed, I bet 99.99% of your kind never heard about the 3-3 formation. No wonder how the Chinese can beat the crap out of your UN armies without planes or even clothing.
Germany doesn't need its own silicon shield....it needs to stop free riding, remiliterize and help protect Europe and the world. America is tired of having a dependent. we need a partner
Not with our current mindset. To be a global power, like England or Germany who are leaders in sports, manufacturing and high tech we need a major shift in our thinking. We need to agree (both NPP and NDC) to put the nation first instead of our short term agenda, that will mean some sacrifices from us the citizens, like higher taxes, more political engagement through peaceful demonstrations, boycotting cheap political tactics to name a few. No one will take us serious if we keep letting everyone take us for granted, especially our political elites who to be frank are mostly clueless on important issues and the way forward. To be become like Germany or ENgland or France is certainly attainable , in terms of population we need to grow 3x, natural resources (we probably have more), human resources (we need to prioritise this and improve education and especially technical training, attract diasporans too), enabling environments for businesses to thrive (tax exemptions for capital intensive businesses in the years until profitability, no shady tax collectors harassing businesses, police only looking out for themselves).
Because unlike the CCP, Germany cannot control private business. This is the process of persuasion to get business leaders to make better decisions and put country over profit. In this regard I guess it would be easier to be more like China and just imprison anyone that didn’t comply to the letter with government preferences.
The Western logic: "Let's boycott ALL the countries we heavily rely on..! What can possibly go wrong?" Russia and China: "Sure! let's play your game!" **the west gets owned in its own game** **pikachu face**
It has been stopped already numerous times, but unfortunately people get too complacent with the achievements of our ancestors. As Angela Davis would say, freedom is a constant struggle.
Hitachi, Honda, Siemens, Alstom, Volkswagen. They rushed to give China their technology, show them how to make cars, high speed trains. Then act shocked that the Chinese used that knowledge and then advanced it using their enourmous brain trust.
@@lewiscob2112 They all wanted to profit from the Chinese market and they made billions. How can you believe that you don't have to invest anything for this? Not to mention that there is of course no standstill in terms of development. Firstly, direct investments accounted for by far the largest share of German foreign assets in China in 2021, at almost 73%. The remaining 27 percent was accounted for by securities and other investments. Secondly, more than 96% of the total primary income of EUR 15.6 billion that flowed from China to Germany in 2021 came from direct investments. These inflows were almost exclusively income from equity capital invested in China - interest income, which is also counted as direct investment income in the statistics, was marginal. In turn, income from equity capital in recent years consisted mainly of distributed profits (chart): Of the €15 billion in profits that German companies generated with their equity capital in China in 2021, they distributed €8 billion to their shareholders in Germany - for example in the form of dividends. This means that direct investments in China are proving to be more lucrative than average for Germany, as the share of corporate capital invested in China, most recently EUR 114 billion, accounts for just over 7 percent of all German direct investments abroad. Der Informationsdienst des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft 21.06.2023
It's obvious, because the economic ties with China are so diverse that we can no longer do without China. A reversal would mean economic ruin, which the population cannot be expected to accept. Although I'm not so sure about that, he may have just been acting on behalf of the US and passing on nasty threats. The USA wants to sanction China, I think Germany wants to join in.
It is so hilarious. Germany company does not produce antibiotics because profit is low. China company makes small profit for producing antibiotics. China is blamed not providing antibiotics to Germany ? Journalists, please fact check before making such biased view.
Check this out: ''Siemens occupies a dominant position in the medical industry, if there is a medical accident somewhere in China needs Siemens products, but can not buy or stock, should I blame Germany?''
This is because of the policy the PRC implemented against investors or companies who wished to established their factories in their soil. The companies will need to provide access to PRC to their designs and other things. Now, they have copied this designs and produced their own product. In other country this will go against copyright but since they entered this agreement, they just made their business vulnerable.
West ought to do everything to become independent of Taiwans microchips industry. The machine that makes those chips are from Netherlands. Why I say this is because of the fact that, Taiwan has placed themselves as Germany did with Russian energy. China is absolutely Taiwans biggest trade partner with around 90% of their gdp.
To many fools in the comments, hear this: Remember that In Europe or the US you are still free to express your point of view, no matter how critical or distorted it might be, your voice is heard, not snuffed like in China or Russia, and with all the flaws within our societies, maybe that's something still worth appreciating.
This documentary is poisonous. 1. Do not talk about Taiwan if you purposely ignore the history, especially some Westners compare Taiwan with Ukraine, it's very ridiculous. 2. Do not blame China for cheaper products; blame your own impotence for out-of-steam to develop your economy.
That sounds like such a great idea, making ourselves dependent on a volatile country. All to save money. They can't tell me they had no idea this would happen.
Indeed. We tend to blame the %1 but they are onyl delivering on what people want. Cinese goods though, espcially the cheaper options, are mostly made to fail ware. They are not made to last and will break. So it really is not worth it buying cheap cinese stuff. It is made to fail.
@@suminshizzles6951 The whole world's been benefitting from cheap Chinese goods for decades. Obviously if you pay extremely little for something it'll be lesser quality, would you rather pay more for the same thing? Hold your leaders accountable, Germany's deindustrialization and lack of R&D, instead preferring to do share buybacks for 20 years, has enabled China to surpass Germany. If you can't blame the right people you're going to keep declining
There are a ton of fake profiles commenting on this video. I am glad the German people are waking up to this threat. Keep up the good work on exposing what's happening.
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oh man, so many uneducated views expressed in this comment section... humanity is lost, but not necessarily because of some "greedy western countries". rather because utter stupidity when in comes to criticising capitalism. or capitalist economic strategies, like, for example, the pr china built it's massive economy on. as of today, if you buy an item in any of the countries classified as developed or developing, which are pretty much all of them except for roughly 40, chances are high you're contributing to exploitation of either human workforces or natural resources. anyway... when looking at imports, china is the leading trade partner to some 100 nations. its probably among the top 5 worldwide. without cheap chinese products, all these - mostly still emerging - nations wouldn't be where they are right now. so why y'all blaming the west for producing in cheaper chinese facilities, when y'all benefit from the very infrastructure which grew from this western money? there is no logic. thus, there is no hope for humanity bye bye
What goes around comes around. The difference this time is that developing countries have larger populations, they can't rely on a shrinking impoverished west to be their cheap workforce in future.. they will implode, and the west will rise again 🤣🤣😝
Why do you worry about the influence caused by the risk or war China against Taiwan? Taiwan is part of China since hundreds years ago, if nobody from the US, the UK, EU supporting the Separatist Taiwanese, there will be also nobody from the mainland of China to so-called invade Taiwan, our territory?! ... Do you also support Scotland independent from The UK? Catalonia independent from Spain?... to DW, as a news media, double standards are unethical..
I’m one person who like valuable product despite where it came from as long as the worker get paid right and carbon neutral if possible. Why do i have to pay too expensive while there are something much the same with a fraction of a price😅
The official price of a VW car made in China with the same configuration as the ID.3 Pro S is about 26K euros. The lowest price I've seen on the car buying app is €14K. Even so the ID.3 still doesn't sell too well because there are still better, more plentiful options in China.
You can end this dependency on China if you can produce stuff as cheap as China by having your workers' wages and salaries cut by half and survive. Can you do that? China can.
Very well produced video. I understand the story that you guys wanted to tell, beautiful. The real world is much more complicated then that China had an opportunity an took it, they can produce faster and cheaper then the rest of the world. While the whole world was deindustrializating, China was able (through the proces, but no only) to increase the economic power of its population. The next step is to close their economy even further to be like Russia and Brazil wich are very HUGE and very CLOSED economies.
How far would you agree? China = a sort of Roman Empire in modern world Europe = a post Roman Empire, but their democratic-globalistic-kapatalistic-individualistic partly difficult to be regulated development can easily be underminded by the strategic expansive Dragon with one person that is clever on the top, and uses 3 components 1 development and protection (bely regulation and control, more surveillance, staying on the top as the ruler) 2 expansion and relationships (belt and road initiative, minerals..) 3 allies in military (Russia, North Korea) I am aware that the roman empire is not an adequate comparison but i choosed it, I could also use Napoleon, the great Alexander, or any Emperor to keep in mind Politics is not just business but also can be making a country strong, bigger or even making it becoming the strongest! Whats your opinion???
"German incompetence is China's fault." Should be the title of this video.
😂i agree
Lol
Why? Part of the reason is much higher energy cost. Thanks to the allied America who led NATO triggered Ukraine war and sabotaged North Stream pipe.
@@cerruti1881au oh look... another wumao...
sure.... chinas aggressive expansionism and economic and cyberwarfare tactics are definitely germany's fault... That is the most CCP logic Ive seen a wumao write yet!!
Germany was dependent on Russian energy. Then somebody blew up Nordstream and can we now say Germany is finally 'free'?
Germany is free from having heavy industry and a functional economy
they made some incredibly stupid strategic decisions placing too many eggs in a very vulnerable basket. in a more serious crisis that could have been the end of their nation. they have learned the lesson however and will be more prepared in the future.
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Shhhh quiet dont anger the master.
As a Chinese, one of my favourite things to do on the internet is to see how people are speculating how everything is our fault and how we are going to collapse and sell our souls tomorrow
I agree😂
so, The CCP is a robber.
Well China played its card right. China will dominate in the next 20 years. America is in decline. Now, will China be benevolent or will it become a supremacist? That is the question. China, the new USA imperialist? China the land/sea grabber
My neighbour passed away. You know why? CHINA!
You Chinese are good ppl. I worry about Chinese living in Australia now. We had a great relationship and Chinese integrated extremely well in our country. I miss yours. ❤
Blaming China for your own dependence on them is like abusing your partner and then saying you are too dependent on them.
Is it weird to blame China with the antibiotic argument? Can't Germany find other countries to buy or stock in advance? You should always be prepared for the unexpected, right? For example, Germany Siemens occupies a dominant position in the medical industry, if there is a medical accident somewhere in China needs Siemens products, but can not buy or stock, should I blame Germany?
I Agree
If China floods the German market with too much antibiotics, then Germany gonna call it an overcapacity.
This is actually a good point. Why can't they rely on India?
@@charleswomack2166 India gets precursors for medications from China, so that’s not an option. We’re in the same boat here in the U.S.A., and yes, obviously we still have drug companies that make medications, but they don’t want to make all medication. There’s not a lot of money to be made in selling, or manufacturing, drugs like antibiotics, or some pain relievers. We’re currently having huge shortages of insulin, but that’s manufactured here in our country. The shortages are caused because of Bill Gates, and his fake, lab meat companies. They use so much insulin to make the fake meat, I guess they don’t care if people d*e while they’re making, and testing it. Then again, Gates is part of that d**th cult, so of course he doesn’t care…
The largest supplier of antibiotic is India, but DW finds a way to blame China, and not dare to mention the fact.
To save you 43 min: basically, everything is China's fault. You are welcome...
This is just a ridiculous propaganda video, the EU's real enemy is the US, not China.
Even breathing is a sin for us.
😂😂😂Thanks
At least China is not supporting Isreal.
LOL can't believe it's a official video
If I didn't know English, I would still be able to tell what country they were talking about just by the background music.
DW is comic book propaganda. 😂
The choice would be between Russia and China - DW use ominous background music in both cases. And have you noticed the thinly vailed emotional manipulation when they showed that cute little boy, who was ill? As if it was not Germany's fault for not having enough drugs in stock "for a rainy day".
Indeed! It’s absurd and laughable how low they can get scrambling between the dual objectives of serious reporting and manipulative propaganda🤣
Lol. On the other hand, if you don't know Russian you won't find this funny, Mr Wu:
- Товарищи! Ленин открыл нам глаза!
- И нам ... цуть цуть/ (А нам не оцень...)
(Translation:)
- Comrades! Lenin has opened our eyes!
-Our eyes too.... a little bit (squinting is also customary)
The ominous music, and don't forget the "BBC filter", where they grey everything out and darken it. Or the other where they add a policeman with big Xi's face under a red backdrop
If China is an empire as you say, what do you call England ? A humanitarian golf club ?
...cricket bat.
這種情況跟南韓與北韓情況一樣,都叫Korea,但是我們都知道它們是不同國家! 台灣國名是中華民國(R.O.C);如今中國國名是中華人民共和國(P.R.C),到底誰在1949年分裂獨立建國的?一查就知道! 看建國日期都知道中華民國(R.O.C)先建立的.
中華民國1949年打輸戰爭退守台灣,不代表中華民國滅亡了,而共產黨擅自建立新的國號中華人民共和國(P.R.C),這也代表從1949年開始兩地分開,就是兩個國家,這就是事實,如同南韓與北韓一樣都有Korea,但是我們都知道它們是不同國家!
@@Jocococch why would the winners need authorization from the losers? The number of countries around the world that recognizes PRC and not ROC speaks for itself on legitimacy.
😂😂 I love you man!
@@Jocococch When the country was established, it needed to be recognized by other countries. All the major countries in the world did not recognize it as a country. Do you know how the Kuomintang lost the mainland? Because during the period of the Kuomintang's rule, people were living in poverty, corruption is serious. Otherwise, how could the Communist Party force it to an island? This is the course of history. Since the world powers do not recognize the legitimacy of the Republic of China, so it is part of the People's Republic of China.
Germany is geopolitically incompetent. Russian gas, Chinese economy
why you forget the US military occupied inside Germany
There are other varients of cephalosporine.
In a simple sentence, in the context of economic globalization, China has defeated the United States with "high human rights", "low welfare", and "strong independent unions" by leveraging the "advantages" of "low human rights", "negative welfare", and "no independent unions" under authoritarian dictatorship. This has led to the phenomenon of "bad currency driving out good currency" in the context of economic globalization
So the fundamental solution to the problem is that the United States and Western countries must exert pressure and supervise the Chinese government to improve the human rights and welfare protection of migrant workers who are Chinese farmers. Otherwise, it will affect the rights and interests of workers in the United States and Western countries
Russia is a friend of the CCP and an enemy of the Chinese people; The United States and the West are friends of the Chinese people and enemies of the CCP
Don't be afraid of the great cold, everyone work hard together-- Qin Hui
Plus America’s military control…….
A people whose will was broken by catastrophic defeat in World War 2.
Will any German strategic product manufacturing plants let foreign media reporters tour the plants? Double standard is ridiculous!
They didn’t want to “tour,” Little Pink, they just wanted to TALK to the company CEO….
Why do you & your co-workers continue to flood DW comments with propaganda?….
@@Shineon83 Western CEOs refuse interviews all the time. What's the big deal.
Cry more tankie
Found the autocrat lover
@@Seeker7172 He's looking for a reason to be angry at the evil democratic countries.
Was the WEst dependent on China in the late eighties and early nineties? NOPE. We (our politicians and entrepreneurs) put ourselves voluntarily into that position!
So rectify that problem!
Thank You!
The problem is that there is not enough political will to do so, and of course the US will never allow that.
Remember this quote: "The purpose of NATO is to keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down".
eurocentric culture collapses the moment it recognizes the absolute necessity of a healthy working population. its not eurocentric if its calling workers humans and doing anything but murdering them with labor induced starvation. the moment we recognize the humanity of the working class, we become Asiatic. simply because eurocentric cultures main focus is denying workers the right to be human or have any measurable quality of life.
這種情況跟南韓與北韓情況一樣,都叫Korea,但是我們都知道它們是不同國家! 台灣國名是中華民國(R.O.C);如今中國國名是中華人民共和國(P.R.C),到底誰在1949年分裂獨立建國的?一查就知道! 看建國日期都知道中華民國(R.O.C)先建立的.
中華民國1949年打輸戰爭退守台灣,不代表中華民國滅亡了,而共產黨擅自建立新的國號中華人民共和國(P.R.C),這也代表從1949年開始兩地分開,就是兩個國家,這就是事實,如同南韓與北韓一樣都有Korea,但是我們都知道它們是不同國家!
What has made us so dependent is corporations they wanted the cheap labor. So millions of mfg jobs were gutted here in America and sent to China. Basicslly corporate greed.
If someone wants to learn How to demonize a country then this channel can be very helpful in that process.
Agree😂😂😂
'I am too dependent on you, it is YOUR fault!'...... seems to be the main message of this video. However In 13:13 there is a moment of self awareness, so all is not lost. Blaming China is just politically expedient, and serves little to improve things.
There is no sense in blaming China for taking advantage of Europe. Their job is to look out for China's interests, so why shouldn't they? The blame needs to be directed at our weak leaders who LET China take advantage of us for so long, instead of serving their own people! Uncoupling from this damaging trade relationship should have happened decades ago, but at least some politicians are starting to admit this historic mistake now.
Well China did use unfair practices to gain that dominance like slave labor, government subsidies, etc. However it is Germany's fault for doing business with communists. While the West is starting to realize their mistake they are falling for the same trap again with Vietnam and India.
China is doing well, this is what matters now, however they react to it is irrelevant and just drama.
Persuasion is the point. Because unlike the CCP, Germany cannot control private business. This is the process of persuasion to get business leaders to make better decisions and put country over profit. In this regard I guess it would be easier to be more like China and just imprison anyone that doesnt comply to the letter with government preferences.
question is why Germany is so dependent on US
Just because!
It isn't.
It takes time to get rid of the bondage, which is not so easy.
Germany is USA colony since 1945
@@stephenhill545 Germany is dependent on the USA first of all politically. All Germany's decisions must be approved by the White House. You can't honestly consider a country independent when it has another country's military bases on its territory. Germany has a lot of American military bases.
This documentary will begin with terrifying music.
voice of regime authority, its how the maniipulation works.
@@churblefurbles another Wumao over here...
@@douglascampbell4993 CIA bot?
It is obviously the White House and the Pentagon in the United States that are monitoring German politicians through the Prism program, but DW says they are afraid of China’s network monitoring Germany. This is really ridiculous thinking.
not to mention dark filter added on :P
Damn Chinese used CTRL + X when stealing data, causing Germany to lose electric car technology.
😂😂😂😂😂. Underrated comment
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have stolen what you didn't have, hahaha.
loooooool😂😂
The "West" - high tariffs and sanctions, China - low prices and subsidies.
Did you know the US spends 10x the amount of the ccp does on EV subsidies? Funny how the EU didn't need to "look into" the heavily subsidised US cars and funny how the US didn't mention how they gave tesla alone BILLIONS of US tax payer money.
You mean the West creative and forward thinking.
The East stealing and destroying civilisation wanting all to go back and live in the caves.
WEST has money without value, China has technology and Russia resources.
Private companies competing with Chinese "companies" that are funded and owned by the government. How is that fair? Autocrat lover.
@@Anthony-db7cs The government of China has given 4 billion to EV companies, the government of the US has given 30+ billion to US companies. How is that fair? Huh, its like the US ones are state funded too but just can't compete cause it probably goes into the pockets for shareholders and CEOs while China actually puts it to their cars.
Germany has always struck me as a very practical long term thinking country. Germany's behavior towards China has always been baked in short term thinking.
Especially now a lapdog of US
They lost 2 world wars and are still toying with the idea of going to war Russia. How are they practical?
Think - bankers and financial institutions of German greed. Not the German people/culture but the money whores of banking.
Control by USA when they facing China, pathetic
Because enemy was always Russia
is this news or propaganda fiction?
German PPGDA
pure propaganda
it is propaganda.
Cry about it tankie
We saw with Russian oil, that Germany is still suffering... France has no issue, since they were not dependent on Russia. France has same situation with China. Thats why France has no recession today.
US and Europe were so stupid to send their technology to China and teach them how things are done. Now they are suffering...
all conditions are Germany depends on US, if US has conflict with Germany, Germany will see how much bad depends US. but now, why US didn't provide enough pharmacy to Germany? because it is expensive. this Germany director enjoy the low prices high quality goods as well blame China didn't provide enough. ridiculous!
"is there a way to end this dependency?" Yes, yes there is! but i don't think corporations are gonna like it though.
The term "dependency" alone, which is now constantly heard, is ultimately silly.
There is a contractual set of rules, trade relations with rules that everyone has to abide by.
So everyone is dependent on everyone else, and that's a good thing.
This is precisely why relations work worldwide, as long as the West does not unfairly shape the agreements to the detriment of weaker countries, which has unfortunately happened in the past.
這種情況跟南韓與北韓情況一樣,都叫Korea,但是我們都知道它們是不同國家! 台灣國名是中華民國(R.O.C);如今中國國名是中華人民共和國(P.R.C),到底誰在1949年分裂獨立建國的?一查就知道! 看建國日期都知道中華民國(R.O.C)先建立的.
中華民國1949年打輸戰爭退守台灣,不代表中華民國滅亡了,而共產黨擅自建立新的國號中華人民共和國(P.R.C),這也代表從1949年開始兩地分開,就是兩個國家,這就是事實,如同南韓與北韓一樣都有Korea,但是我們都知道它們是不同國家!
@@TruthHurtsAJP china’s dependency on USA boast their economy but it will not last long because the companies owned by USA will be move to Mexico
If one party is dependent on another, its a mutual dependency. If it's not, it's called colonism
it's people not corporations. When you're making the same product, people will always choose the cheaper one in price
RoC's constitution insists on Taiwan as one province as China, while PRC is patiently stating Taiwan is one provintof China, the current DPP party has put "push Taiwan independence as their final goal" in their party principle.
While PRC is defending RoC's constitution and called peaceful reunification relentlessly, and Chinese souvereignty, g7 and I.s. calling China the aggressor, seems odd enough for anyone to notice
In terms of geographical location, if 🇩🇪 shares more than 4,000 kilometres of border with Russia like China, how will 🇩🇪 choose to get along with Russia?
With Nato in the west, Israel in the middle east, Pappet states such as Japan, South Korea, Roc and Philippines surrounding China, Russia and China need to stick together to become stronger. China and Russia is so close is a result of American geo politics in the past.
DE will do the same thing Japan has done -- attempt to buy off and appease. Eventually they'll figure out this only makes it worse and rearm. If Ukraine falls expect this process to be sooner. Then a nuclear arms program in Poland and the Baltic States if NATO breaks up. Russia will sell off its border with China like it sold off its democracy. Putin's primary consideration is regime perpetuation.
Operation Barbarossa, of cause.
also the usa
West is always hypocrit! When they made money, they kept quiet! When they lose competitiveness, they start blaming other countries!
I worked for Henkel once upon a time, I saw that German corporations can live in lala land. I also took a several week course at a Volvo corporate park outside of New York City and I also saw that Volvo as corporation was in lala land, you know spoiled and impetuous like Henkel. I know Spanish, English, Portuguese and study Italian and I can tell you that the mainstream media in these countries is worse, it you can imagine it, than the main stream media is in the U.S.. So, I 'm not surprised by this video. Germany is an extremely wealthy country and it has several of the biggest pharmaceutical corporations in the world and in spite of this, the video is claiming that the crisis that this poor child is going through is China fault. China which is almost on the other side of their world. When the west, including Germany, had China on its knees starving to death for decades where was the German outrage of the ghastly crime? When Germany is asked about all her for profit driven crimes Germany always responds: "What,... am I supposed to be my brother's keeper?
DW must mean? How dependent is Germany to China!
DW meant how dependent on China is the EU.
@@summer031977 or how dependent on EU is China
@@frederikpedersen689 Same thing.
DW means the EU branch of the US propaganda.
@@summer031977 Poland's economy is close to overtaking the UK's. Just because Germany used to call the shots it doesn't mean the EU will fall with it. Germany has made a lot of bad choice, expecting the good times would last forever. Germany's politicians really need to wake up and stop letting corrupt bankers (Looking at Deutsche Bank) and stupidly arrogant businessmen run their country.
China is always planing for the future. We (west) ale just planing until next election. We have to change are ways of thinking.
Ain't that communist?
Some American, probably. 😀
Their govt can afford to do that because they are authoritarian, the Party comes before the people. We are democratic, do things as transparently as possible, and are obligated (by the People) to put our people before a govt. That shapes how we do everything. Yes, ours is a very different system but, I would argue, it can be and usually is superior in every way. Everyone wants to live in a free society.
@@reallyhappenings5597 This is the "cop out" answer
@@nikiascheung8994 Maybe it seems that way. If so, fine. But it's the truth. There are definitely drawbacks to a free system -- a lot more political bickering and drama. But that is all temporary, reversible, very quickly when the people are united -- as usually happens in response to external aggression. I was living in NYC on 9/11, for example. Everyone came together immediately.
You have to actually mess with the US for the average person to notice or care (byproduct of the peace dividend). But once he does, watch out. We still have the best geography in the world, with all the permanent strategic and economic benefits of that. There's a lot of talk these days about "the fall of the American empire." Truth is, there has never been an American empire (beyond our own territory). I think the 21st-century is going to reaffirm America's strength and importance to global stability, and foster for many nations the kind of prosperity it fostered for China.
This is a worldwide dependency created by neoliberal economic policy that plutocrats worldwide (including in China) have implemented to transfer wealth from societies to wealthy individuals. China was encouraged to pursue mercantilist industrial behavior for decades to facilitate this transfer. The quid pro quo was globalization of finance.
Correction: Chinese EVs are cheap not because the government subsidizes them, but because China has a complete domestic supply chain (All components are homemade whereas German carmakers have to import them in order to switch to electric) and almost all the EV patents. The showdown is getting more exciting. Truth hurts😊
Headline 2024: "China Is Doubling Down on Electric Vehicle Subsidies - Reason Magazine Economics › Business and Industry Apr 29, 2024" If the cost of producing EVs was so cheap because of domestic supply chain the government should just bank that profit/taxes and use those taxes elsewhere....
It's interesting how every interview with a chinese offcial is paired with evil music in the background.
What music would you prefer? 😂
@@deanosaur808 none
We Indians stand with our friend Germany
Because it is. Evil created a bigger evil.
The greed of governments is to blame for all of this mess.
corporate Greed
@@frankprit3320 Can you produce all things in your country by yourself at cheaper rate?
@@koushikdas1992 this isn't about cheaper it's about security. Maybe we could if the CEO's of corporations weren't being paid millions of dollars in bonuses every year.
@@koushikdas1992 not with corporate greed like it is. Example: Here in the US our pharmaceuticals are priced at astronomical rates. The Same drug sold to the Canadians is a fraction of the cost.
THAT is just corporate greed because THEY can get away with it.
High cost, cheap labor, on the backs of Western countries , lost of jobs, to cheap products from China, cheap goods, weaking Western standards 😢
7:55 It is risky to be delusional.
Many people think “ignorance is bliss.”
The guy miscalculated his skin color lol 😂
He will learn
We Indians stand with our friend Germany
that guy probably finds a lot of excuse to not go to the gym
When is DW become a mouthpiece of the US, and like the lines of BBC storytelling
Corporate excessive greed and people's endless want of cheap goods are responsible for your situation 3:05
you got that right!
It’s not fair to blame the ordinary person who has an ordinary income to want pricing according to their income. Wage theft by businesses is a MAJOR PROBLEM.
But corporations push the narrative to “buy more” in subtle but effective ways, such as producing products to fall apart after a certain time.
"Our" situation...we all live on Earth together.
welcome to capitalism baby
Ok, you say that Chinese cars are cheaper’cause they are subsidized by the government. BYD gonna start to produce in Brasil, costing about $18.000 euros (Dolphin) 15:36 . They are subsidized? Why a lot of people like them? Inside, they are like a big computer/entertainment space, like no American or European car can produce, that’s all technology on board for a low price car. Guys, face the reality: they are better and cheaper ’cause they developed a great product system. I’m just wondering it Henry Ford suffered the same when he introduced the Model T, cheaper than all.
Meh, the model t had limited colours lol
Germany looks more concerned than China
Good. Stop relying on dictators for your economy. Seems like they learned the hard way with Russia.
LOL! It's China building up their military not Europe
We Indians stand with our friend Germany
It took 30 years to realize what they were doing ……. So much for world leaders !!!
Somebody forgot their own words”free” and “trade”. Let all countries close the borders to see who can survive.
DW, would you mind talking about north stream?
Germany is USA colony lol
I enjoy watching these persuasive communications designed to influence our beliefs or actions. Propaganda at its finest 😂
4:41 Journalist:Xi threatens anyone who refuses to comply
4:44 Xi: “those who consider the development of others as threat… will not benefit and will not improve their country” 4:41
ture.
Clearly Xi was talking about himself and his own country, China
Short answer… no. No country in the world can match advanced manufacturing on low cost like China. Plus the end of Cheap Russian gas means even higher cost of exports
Low cost for cheap Chinese anything
That 90% simply isn't true. DW, please be factual and have some professionalism
If you’re talking about the semi conductors, yes that is true 70% from Taiwan 20% from China. Even just look at what the effect on the industry was during Covid now imagine if a war broke out in Taiwan that could last months to a year or Taiwan might even just destroy those factories to stop them from getting into China’s hands. What do you think the consequences to our economies would be?
@@pmac206yes the world is tied together with economic links yes. But the dependency is mutual. The west needs the manufacturing power and hardworking Chinese to enjoy cheap products and low inflation while the Chinese people needs the west purchasing power to continue to improve their quality of life. Seeing this tie as one-sided vulnerability, and speculate that the shortages are all intended blackmailing activities of China is not just hostle but stupid.
@@merlin0613 You plan for the worst case scenario. Just because we both need each other doesn’t mean you ignore the risks. In fact China is already in the process of doing everything they can to delink themselves from the US . China is the one that set the timeline as 2027. Now there’s a good chance that’s not accurate anymore because they’ve recently had widespread corruption issues in their military and they found out it’s not prepared, but we don’t know that for sure. We’re not just going to sit back and say go ahead China take it back we trust your intentions for all of us . Now that would be absolutely stupid , especially when we know what the likely consequences would be. Whether in the unlikely circumstance, China is able to reunify and capture all of Taiwan without any damage to their infrastructure and be able to now control 90% of the semiconductor industry or even worse. Those factories get destroyed in the process and now everyone is in a panic trying to rapidly expand their capacities, which would take decades to even reach the capabilities of the Taiwanese manufacturers.
@@merlin0613 you plan for the worst case scenario, you don’t just push forward and assume they have the best of intentions for all of us, especially when we know what the consequences would be
@@pmac206 if one always plan for the worst, one would not even dare to go out of his house, assuming all the drivers want to run him over. Actually, he would not dare to stay in the house, worrying the house may clapse. Plan for the worst is not a bad idea however that DW doing was not planning but hypothesising and misleading
It is not just Germany! Here in the US most of our pharmeceuticals have their raw ingredients from China. In big box stores, most if not all products are made in China! So we do depend on China more than people would like to admit!!!
Which American kept the huge profit margin. haha
As far as goods in the stores are concerned, my impression is that North America depends on China even more than Germany. But at least your government (the last one) was prepared to address the problem.
Count your blessings that China aren't sanction trigger happy like the US. They could have stopped all the sales of all the vital supplies in retaliation of what US did to their products.
Globalization is great for everyone. China is also dependent on the USA on tech and foreign market.
@@tracyli5201 Even if one were to agree with that, it should happen on equal terms for both sides and there should not be abuse, such as the theft of intellectual property. Also, a country should not become dependent on another country, especially not if that other country can't be seen as a rock solid ally.
The problem with policy planners is that they don't think things through. They make decisions on current conditions irrespective of what might be coming down the road. The entire fiasco of having most products produced offshore is now showing its negative consequences: loss of expertise, dependencies on rival economies, lower wages, etc. It used to be Western countries tried for a minimum of independence in areas like food production, until greed took hold and they outsourced even that. Poor planning. Lack of intelligence. Hope it improves with AI in the driver's seat....
Germany depends on a lot of things from other countries no just China….
There's a difference between cooperation & the Chinese way of stealing every other countries intellectual property & copying it illegally
And vice versa.
The globe is interconnected in so many ways today that one would think that no one would go to war. But no. We are tribal animals ready to ruin the whole world for.. nothing.
When there comes a point producing locally is more expensive than importing finished products from an external source, it is a policy problem. How in the world does a country go from being self sufficient to 90% dependent on a single external source for something as critical as antibiotics besides other critically important products, it is ridiculous and outlines a lackadaisical approach towards upholding the territorial integrity of your own country by abiding to the most basic principles of risk management; why would you force people to learn risk management in their acquisition of MBAs but not even apply it in government policy?
Before watching: 2024-28 will be interesting
After watching: we fucked
This is just US war propaganda, trying to persuade Germany to join in a war (that is not going to happen) that has absolutely nothing to do with Germany unless it ties itself to the US war machine.
In fact, the US war propaganda also knows now that they can never provoke China to invade Taiwan. So instead, they just pump up the fear and destroy the German economy (by persuading them to cut ties with China), so the US capital can come in to buy up Germany for cheap.
This is all fear mongering nonsense. The Chips and Jobs Act basically revealed to everyone that as long as China doesn't invade Taiwan before the taxpayer-funded Intel fabs and TSMC factories are up and running domestically in the US (4-5 year span), then the US is unlikely to actually directly intervene.
When Germany relies on the United States: We are good friends
When Germany depends on China: China is playing monopoly!😂
It is weird Germany would be so dependent on Chinese antibiotics. Switzerland export a lot of antibiotics to nations outside the EU, including the USA and Japan. That are also many other EU producers of antibiotics, including Italy, Ireland, Spain, Belgium and Denmark.
Most of the antibiotics you've been using, thinking they're from Swiss actually come from China!
Because it's cheaper and they need to understand capitalism doesn't apply to dictator led countries that own their industries.
Not many left in EU, most of the made in EU products are sourced from 3rd world
Europe accounts for 79% of the total global pharmaceutical exports and the entirety of Asia only accounts for 10%. Ireland, a country of only 5 million people has a pharmaceutical industry more than twice the size of China's. The example of pharmaceuticals is a bad one especially as Germany is actually the largest exporter so has far more leverage than China ever could in that field.
In 2022 Pharmaceutical products were the world's 7th most traded product (out of 96). In 2022, the top exporters of Pharmaceutical products were Germany ($125B), Switzerland ($93.8B), United States ($90B), Ireland ($83.5B), and Belgium ($73.5B).
Germany and the relevant companies have given up research into antibiotics because it was no longer attractive, i.e. there was no longer any money to be made.
Obviously we have outsourced the research?
The economic interdependence between China and the West is a good thing - it decreases the risk of war.
Also a bad thing and gives China a strong ability to ruin Europe’s economy quickly and easily
I thought the same about Russia and I was wrong.
Yesterday i joined English learning classes and my teacher suggested me this channel for better fluency in language thankyou
Your English teacher is very into politics, but knows nothing about world affairs.
intro ur teacher to me
@@ringabell3163 It is probably YOU who are very into politics, but knows nothing about world affairs.
It's funny to watch European countries talking about dependency, when Britain is so "independent" from EU, and Germany has been "independent" from their pipes lol
@missgrannygarcia2590 你喺度噏紧乜。。。
Our leadership walked us right into this because they were making so much money off of it. They knew this was coming.
Subsidizing is NOT THE SAME as tariffs. China is NOT PART of the Eu and should be taxed APPROPRIATELY to protect local businesses
Well, if the problem is with the German companies pushing towards normalizing relations with China at any cost, how about giving an alternative to these companies like - I don't know - create military contracts for these companies to build the German military complex further as well as heightening their output so they can strengthen all their allies through arms sales, would that solve the issue on the short term at least? Basically incentivize the German oligarchs so they start going towards the right direction: away from China and Russia.
This would be exactly the wrong direction, because the big wide world goes with China and Russia for many reasons, only the stupid ones stay behind voluntarily and then complain that nobody wants to play with them.
Those who put themselves on the sidelines don't deserve any better.
In the 1990's I was twice on a 'Friendship' student exchange in China. Yet anyone who became too friendly with me was called into an office somewhere and warned not to become too friendly, but to use me as a tool to improve their language ability only. While I have the greatest respect and affection for the Chinese people themselves, a strand of the authorities, particularly under Xi, have points to make, many of them justified. They also grievances to be assuaged, and the world to be put back to how it is supposed to be, with China as the centre. Naivety is not an option in the current world, bets must be hedged, and even sides picked.
Please don't think you know China because you have been there 30 years ago! China in the 2020s is different from the 2010s China, never mind what happened prior to that!
The people who used to run the show are all gone now. The way they think and live have changed in the most incredible ways. Think about how much YOUR country has changed and multiply that 10x!
@@BatCountryAdventuresso now china is friendly, welcoming towards foreigners, and don’t think they’re above them?
What is called invading Taiwan? If you have the guts, just admit that Taiwan is an independent country
As a Chinese person, i know for sure we going to take more territories after Taiwan. It is best for countries like Germany to look out for itself and NOT BECOME AN HINDRANCE.
@@ZainyPossum Ok Taiwan bot.
@@ZainyPossumwith ur human wave attacks? 😂
@@ashog1426 there is another washed, I bet 99.99% of your kind never heard about the 3-3 formation. No wonder how the Chinese can beat the crap out of your UN armies without planes or even clothing.
True that's why they have ambiguous propaganda
Germany doesn't need its own silicon shield....it needs to stop free riding, remiliterize and help protect Europe and the world. America is tired of having a dependent. we need a partner
Remilitarize and conquer Europe 3rd time ? No thanks Jerry.
@@Review-rj9lq what about protecting yourself from the bullying neighbor like Russia?
@@charliegoo1314 germans sided with russians many times, last time ribetrov molotov pact
Everytime i watch geopolitical documentaries, i ask myself when will Ghana reach this level of power, i believe we will one day❤
There are consequences to being powerful. Better to be a wealthy and neutral country.
Not with our current mindset. To be a global power, like England or Germany who are leaders in sports, manufacturing and high tech we need a major shift in our thinking. We need to agree (both NPP and NDC) to put the nation first instead of our short term agenda, that will mean some sacrifices from us the citizens, like higher taxes, more political engagement through peaceful demonstrations, boycotting cheap political tactics to name a few. No one will take us serious if we keep letting everyone take us for granted, especially our political elites who to be frank are mostly clueless on important issues and the way forward. To be become like Germany or ENgland or France is certainly attainable , in terms of population we need to grow 3x, natural resources (we probably have more), human resources (we need to prioritise this and improve education and especially technical training, attract diasporans too), enabling environments for businesses to thrive (tax exemptions for capital intensive businesses in the years until profitability, no shady tax collectors harassing businesses, police only looking out for themselves).
Ghana ?
why don't germany find a new supply chain than blaming china?
I think that's kind-of the point of the video, that they should find a new supply chain
Because unlike the CCP, Germany cannot control private business. This is the process of persuasion to get business leaders to make better decisions and put country over profit. In this regard I guess it would be easier to be more like China and just imprison anyone that didn’t comply to the letter with government preferences.
@@theamicithey need supply chain or propaganda for that ?
The Western logic: "Let's boycott ALL the countries we heavily rely on..! What can possibly go wrong?"
Russia and China: "Sure! let's play your game!"
**the west gets owned in its own game**
**pikachu face**
what reddit ahh comment is this
@@abekatten4744 let's hear your theory.. my hunch? it's basically what the news dictates you to think?
Things only become too expensive when they are ridiculously OVERPRICED!
But greed prevails.
It can’t be stopped. It can’t be satisfied.
It has been stopped already numerous times, but unfortunately people get too complacent with the achievements of our ancestors. As Angela Davis would say, freedom is a constant struggle.
Who made dictatorship evil and Democracy Good?
I don't get why some us stooge on payroll of some billionaire is here to tell us who's the dictator.
Try leaving the country of a dictatorship. Why are so many people from dictatorial countries trying to emigrate to the West?
Btw, how’s the Tesla Germany factory going compared to Tesla Shanghai factory?
Valkswogan and many other western carmakers shared their technology blindly and now they’re paying the price 😂
Hitachi, Honda, Siemens, Alstom, Volkswagen. They rushed to give China their technology, show them how to make cars, high speed trains. Then act shocked that the Chinese used that knowledge and then advanced it using their enourmous brain trust.
That’s what I’ve been saying 10 years ago
@@lewiscob2112 They all wanted to profit from the Chinese market and they made billions.
How can you believe that you don't have to invest anything for this?
Not to mention that there is of course no standstill in terms of development.
Firstly, direct investments accounted for by far the largest share of German foreign assets in China in 2021, at almost 73%.
The remaining 27 percent was accounted for by securities and other investments.
Secondly, more than 96% of the total primary income of EUR 15.6 billion that flowed from China to Germany in 2021 came from direct investments. These inflows were almost exclusively income from equity capital invested in China - interest income, which is also counted as direct investment income in the statistics, was marginal.
In turn, income from equity capital in recent years consisted mainly of distributed profits (chart):
Of the €15 billion in profits that German companies generated with their equity capital in China in 2021, they distributed €8 billion to their shareholders in Germany - for example in the form of dividends.
This means that direct investments in China are proving to be more lucrative than average for Germany, as the share of corporate capital invested in China, most recently EUR 114 billion, accounts for just over 7 percent of all German direct investments abroad.
Der Informationsdienst
des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft 21.06.2023
That's why China is now dominant in EV tech because of Volkswagen and other western tech. 🤡
Are you indian ?
How is it with Nord Stream ☠️
DW will make a report soon on how China secretly working on the Nord Stream
Why your Chancellor visits China repeatedly?
It's obvious, because the economic ties with China are so diverse that we can no longer do without China.
A reversal would mean economic ruin, which the population cannot be expected to accept.
Although I'm not so sure about that, he may have just been acting on behalf of the US and passing on nasty threats. The USA wants to sanction China, I think Germany wants to join in.
It is so hilarious. Germany company does not produce antibiotics because profit is low. China company makes small profit for producing antibiotics. China is blamed not providing antibiotics to Germany ? Journalists, please fact check before making such biased view.
“VW hopes its Chinese strategy runs as reliably as their cars” - 😅 Tough luck then I guess 😂
Trying to be independent is getting so serious.
is making DW documentary
Check this out: ''Siemens occupies a dominant position in the medical industry, if there is a medical accident somewhere in China needs Siemens products, but can not buy or stock, should I blame Germany?''
There is a difference. Germany is a free country. China is an automatic empire.
This is because of the policy the PRC implemented against investors or companies who wished to established their factories in their soil. The companies will need to provide access to PRC to their designs and other things. Now, they have copied this designs and produced their own product. In other country this will go against copyright but since they entered this agreement, they just made their business vulnerable.
West ought to do everything to become independent of Taiwans microchips industry.
The machine that makes those chips are from Netherlands.
Why I say this is because of the fact that, Taiwan has placed themselves as Germany did with Russian energy.
China is absolutely Taiwans biggest trade partner with around 90% of their gdp.
That's no easy task 😅
when you can't have the grapes, you say the grapes are sour. An old saying here for German car makers.
Europe and the U.S has to stop acting like the poolguards of the world and start focus on our own betterment.
To many fools in the comments, hear this: Remember that In Europe or the US you are still free to express your point of view, no matter how critical or distorted it might be, your voice is heard, not snuffed like in China or Russia, and with all the flaws within our societies, maybe that's something still worth appreciating.
This documentary is poisonous. 1. Do not talk about Taiwan if you purposely ignore the history, especially some Westners compare Taiwan with Ukraine, it's very ridiculous. 2. Do not blame China for cheaper products; blame your own impotence for out-of-steam to develop your economy.
That sounds like such a great idea, making ourselves dependent on a volatile country. All to save money. They can't tell me they had no idea this would happen.
Indeed. We tend to blame the %1 but they are onyl delivering on what people want. Cinese goods though, espcially the cheaper options, are mostly made to fail ware. They are not made to last and will break. So it really is not worth it buying cheap cinese stuff. It is made to fail.
@@suminshizzles6951 The whole world's been benefitting from cheap Chinese goods for decades. Obviously if you pay extremely little for something it'll be lesser quality, would you rather pay more for the same thing?
Hold your leaders accountable, Germany's deindustrialization and lack of R&D, instead preferring to do share buybacks for 20 years, has enabled China to surpass Germany. If you can't blame the right people you're going to keep declining
East Germany don't want fight west Germany any more! We Chinese don't want fight as well!
There are a ton of fake profiles commenting on this video. I am glad the German people are waking up to this threat. Keep up the good work on exposing what's happening.
Most of the things they say in this video doesn't even make sense 😑
why Germany is so dependent on US? why dont you think about that?
The character of Master Race had gone after WW2....
這種情況跟南韓與北韓情況一樣,都叫Korea,但是我們都知道它們是不同國家! 台灣國名是中華民國(R.O.C);如今中國國名是中華人民共和國(P.R.C),到底誰在1949年分裂獨立建國的?一查就知道! 看建國日期都知道中華民國(R.O.C)先建立的.
中華民國1949年打輸戰爭退守台灣,不代表中華民國滅亡了,而共產黨擅自建立新的國號中華人民共和國(P.R.C),這也代表從1949年開始兩地分開,就是兩個國家,這就是事實,如同南韓與北韓一樣都有Korea,但是我們都知道它們是不同國家!
@@Jocococch 是民国先建立的啊，孙中山先生现在我们还称之为“国父”，咱历史书都是这么写的啊，谁也没不承认啊。一中各表不就是这个意思吗。你自己举的例子很好，说到点子上了，俩korea是不同国家，没有错，这是常识，但是没有哪个korea说自己不是korean吧？？但问题是，你们说你们不是中国人啊！！这是不是民族之耻？这是不是数典忘祖？
@@Jocococch奇怪你为什么在一个完全不想干的Comment下面post 你的这些个玩意儿. The more post you make, The more money you make？ Could you please tell me how can i apply this job, i also want to make some money, thanks😊
oh man, so many uneducated views expressed in this comment section... humanity is lost, but not necessarily because of some "greedy western countries". rather because utter stupidity when in comes to criticising capitalism. or capitalist economic strategies, like, for example, the pr china built it's massive economy on. as of today, if you buy an item in any of the countries classified as developed or developing, which are pretty much all of them except for roughly 40, chances are high you're contributing to exploitation of either human workforces or natural resources.
anyway... when looking at imports, china is the leading trade partner to some 100 nations. its probably among the top 5 worldwide. without cheap chinese products, all these - mostly still emerging - nations wouldn't be where they are right now. so why y'all blaming the west for producing in cheaper chinese facilities, when y'all benefit from the very infrastructure which grew from this western money? there is no logic. thus, there is no hope for humanity
bye bye
great comment
What goes around comes around.
The difference this time is that developing countries have larger populations, they can't rely on a shrinking impoverished west to be their cheap workforce in future.. they will implode, and the west will rise again 🤣🤣😝
4:20 he does not. Just talk to the African nations who have benefited of the investment china has made there with them.
Why do you worry about the influence caused by the risk or war China against Taiwan? Taiwan is part of China since hundreds years ago, if nobody from the US, the UK, EU supporting the Separatist Taiwanese, there will be also nobody from the mainland of China to so-called invade Taiwan, our territory?! ... Do you also support Scotland independent from The UK? Catalonia independent from Spain?... to DW, as a news media, double standards are unethical..
The west is highly dependent on Taiwan. I don't want to see it in the hands of a dictatorship.
This has this pre apocalyptic vibe which is somewhat funny. I don’t even know where to begin if DW is leaving out so many countries in the equation.
I’m one person who like valuable product despite where it came from as long as the worker get paid right and carbon neutral if possible. Why do i have to pay too expensive while there are something much the same with a fraction of a price😅
🇨🇳 China need european murket and China also need European imports! (Why not vice versa DW?) 🇪🇺
Investigate if in Colombia you can get antibiotics. Here is very easy, you don't need medical prescription. Then come
and that's how you create superbugs, over using antibiotics
Peace and love bro. Thanks
BYD, digital options like random fires and brakes that randomly fail... Sounds like GREAT OPTIONS!
😂 what a wisdom jealousier
The Taiwanese veteran is a truly inspirational figure. Slava 🇹🇼 Taiwan, indeed!
I am so glad there are so many reasonable and fair people in the world.
You can reduce your dependency al right ... and would you know from whom that is really blowing up all your chances ?
The official price of a VW car made in China with the same configuration as the ID.3 Pro S is about 26K euros. The lowest price I've seen on the car buying app is €14K. Even so the ID.3 still doesn't sell too well because there are still better, more plentiful options in China.
West is giving up the technologies and products productions and is surprised that raw materials are going directly were the productions is )))
I think it's difficult for Taiwan to resist China. That is realistic so you should think about option 2 like Hong Kong for example.
Historically GERMANY was home to the greatest pharma companies in the world only to export the expertise to cheaper producers.
You can end this dependency on China if you can produce stuff as cheap as China by having your workers' wages and salaries cut by half and survive. Can you do that? China can.
Very well produced video.
I understand the story that you guys wanted to tell, beautiful.
The real world is much more complicated then that
China had an opportunity an took it, they can produce faster and cheaper then the rest of the world.
While the whole world was deindustrializating, China was able (through the proces, but no only) to increase the economic power of its population.
The next step is to close their economy even further to be like Russia and Brazil wich are very HUGE and very CLOSED economies.
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts!
How far would you agree?
China = a sort of Roman Empire in modern world
Europe = a post Roman Empire, but their democratic-globalistic-kapatalistic-individualistic partly difficult to be regulated development can easily be underminded by the strategic expansive Dragon with one person that is clever on the top, and uses 3 components
1 development and protection (bely regulation and control, more surveillance, staying on the top as the ruler)
2 expansion and relationships (belt and road initiative, minerals..)
3 allies in military (Russia, North Korea)
I am aware that the roman empire is not an adequate comparison but i choosed it, I could also use Napoleon, the great Alexander, or any Emperor to keep in mind
Politics is not just business but also can be making a country strong, bigger or even making it becoming the strongest!
Whats your opinion???