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  • Episode 3740
  • 17 Nov 2025

How close is too close for Germany and China? Beijing meeting sets the stage

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  • The Globalist
  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 3740

German finance minister Lars Klingbeil travels to Beijing at a time of serious questions about just how reliant Germany’s economy is on China. Plus: Andrew Ross Sorkin on the next financial bubble, Pope Leo goes to Hollywood and Shezad Dawood on using art to profile the environment.

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  • Emma Nelson
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  • Desiree Bandli
  • Laura Kramer
  • Lily Austin
  • Steph Chungu
  • Vincent McAviney

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