{
  "id": 9679115,
  "title": "Guest commentary: China's economic success comes at a high price",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/gastkommentar-chinas-wirtschaftlicher-erfolg-ist-teuer-erkauft",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-25T02:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/gastbeitraege/gastkommentar-chinas-wirtschaftlicher-erfolg-ist-teuer-erkauft/100256277.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Germany's traditional industries, including automotive, mechanical engineering, and chemicals, are under pressure from China's dominance. This has shaken Germany's self-image as a leading industrial nation, with some DAX executives now seeing China as a model for industrial renewal. Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume has praised China's five-year plans as \"optimally structured\". China has pursued an industrial policy for decades to build a strong manufacturing ecosystem, aiming to commercialize key technologies like AI, 6G, and green technologies. This approach has created economies of scale and prevented the decline of traditional industries.",
  "summary": "Beijing's industrial policy is leading to success in key technologies. However, the China experts Max Zenglein and Robin Schindowski believe that only one aspect of it could serve as a model for Germany.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}