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Reinhard Bütikofer

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Reinhard Bütikofer

@bueti

Senior Fellow CEPA; Senior Adviser EPC; Ko-Vorsitzender Deutsch-Taiwanische Dialog Plattform; Advisory Board GTI;

reinhardbuetikofer.de

Joined February 2009

Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 17
"We're going to win so much. You may even get tired of winning". (DJT)
Jojje Olsson
@jojjeols
Jul 16
"While there’s plenty of internal grumbling and frustration voiced among Trump officials, those familiar with the situation describe a hush culture where the US government is reluctant to publicly admonish China and risk plunging the countries back into a trade war."
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 16
In hindsight all the efforts to create more diplomatic space for Taiwan by establishing a name for Taiwan's representative office in Lithuania that sounded more "official" than everywhere else in the EU were not successful and therefore not worth it.
Finbarr Bermingham
@fbermingham
Jul 15
New Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius said on Tuesday the 2021 decision to allow Taiwan to open a de-facto embassy in ‌the country was "maybe too brave" as he sought to repair relations with China on his first day in the job. reuters.com/world/china/li…
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 14
Wann hatte der #DIHK eigentlich zum letzten Mal eine gute Idee?
ntv Nachrichten
@ntvde
Jul 13
"Nicht zeitgemäß": DIHK-Präsident will Grundgesetz für mehr Sonntagsöffnungen ändern n-tv.de/wirtschaft/DIH…
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Christian Schmidt
@Christi35975539
Jul 11
@SrebrenicaMC Together with you, I am thinking today of the victims and those who mourn them. May their suffering be seen as a call to peaceful action, so that the younger generation never again has to experience such a crime against humanity and has the strength to prevent it.
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 9
I don't know who stands behind this account. But to mourn that "Zionists eliminated Adolf" speaks the language of extreme Nazi conviction. The fact that @OnlinePalEng sees no need to distance itself from that voice also says a lot about them! I just add: these haters won't win!
KaAgnieszka
@KaAgnieszka00
Jul 9
Replying to @OnlinePalEng
I’m not info Germany at all but still sorry for them and what happened to this country after zionists eliminated Adolf. Respect for that boy and his family.
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 8
Deeds speak louder than words. China claims to uphold the multilateral international order, but if Beijing doesn't agree with what international law says, they just ignore their obligations. 10 years since the arbitral award which the Philippines won, prove that clearly.
China Daily
@ChinaDaily
Jul 8
#OpinionLine Ten years on, the 2016 "arbitral award" stands not as a clarifying milestone but as a politically motivated document that evaded the essential question of territorial sovereignty while issuing sweeping and erroneous conclusions on maritime entitlements. It has
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 7
"Coordination with democratic partners such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan"! Good language! Now the implementation!
Finbarr Bermingham
@fbermingham
Jul 7
European Parliament voted by a landslide (542 for, 37 against, 79 abstentions) to bolster EU ties with East Asia "Growing influence of authoritarian governance models in the region requires closer cooperation with democratic partners such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan."
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Denise Wu
@denisewu
Jul 4
Germany’s new laws to address this problem are pointless since they won’t be implemented. Look at the recent “de-risking”, instead of divesting in China, they cut German jobs and doubled down on investment there. “China has already eaten much of German industry’s lunch and is
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 4
Will the EU's national parliaments pick this up?
Jojje Olsson
@jojjeols
Jul 2
Det sker inte ofta. Men nu kritiserar FN-chefer Kina kring mänskliga rättigheter och uppmanar landet att dra tillbaka en ny lag. Volker Türk, FN:s högkommissarie för MR, varnar för lagen om "främjande av etnisk enighet" som kan användas mot minoriteter i Kina och globalt⤵️
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 4
Happy 250th birthday, U.S.A.! I first visited you 57 years ago. Saw your soaring optimism and your sharp internal contradictions. Admired magnificent urban architecture, beautiful nature and was shocked by desolate neighbourhoods, open racism and talk about "white trash". ...
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 4
Replying to @bueti
... about this one very special descendant of a Kallstadt family! Today, you are on a different trajectory than 57 years ago. The "shining city on the hill" has lost a lot of its attraction while holding on to its belief in exceptionalism. Transatlantic bonds have weakened. ...
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 4
... As you remain centrally important to the world, I remain hopeful, that you'll still be guided by the better angels of your nature. What you started twelve score and ten years ago has become our shared ambition and obligation: Freedom and government of, by and for the people!
Reinhard Bütikofer
@bueti
Jul 3
Berger spielt mit seinem dogmatischen Anti-Planwirtschafts-Radikalismus de facto dem planwirtschaftlichen Staatskapitalismus Chinas in's Blatt. Es ist wieder 1984: "Staatskapitalismus = Wettbewerb!" "Kampf gegen unfairen Wettbewerb = schädlich!" "Ökonomische Unterwerfung = gut!"
Thorsten Benner
@thorstenbenner
Jul 3
Mehr Legende als Berater. Roland Berger schreit "Planwirtschaft" mit Blick auf die Vorgaben der Koalition zu Außenwirtschaft&Handelsschutz und spricht sich dafür aus, Auto, Maschinenbau etc. komplett nach 🇨🇳abwandern zu lassen. Für solches Elitenversagen zahlt 🇩🇪sehr teuer.
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Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)
@ipacglobal
Jul 1
Replying to @ipacglobal
甚麼是《民族團結法》？
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Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)
@ipacglobal
Jul 1
From today, the CCP thinks it has a legal basis to: ❌ Forcibly assimilate ethnic minorities. ❌ Criminalise dissent to protect “ethnic unity.” ❌ Target critics beyond its borders. Following the EP resolution initiated by IPAC members, here is IPAC's statement:
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Sander Tordoir
@SanderTordoir
Jun 27
The Suddeutsche with the long-read on the China shock 2.0 and Germany. A great read, with nice literary long-read style language, and rather beautiful formatting. sueddeutsche.de/projekte/artik…