1、 1 Although officially bilateral development cooperation was terminated in 2009,China is still the third-largest recipient of German official development assistance,causing frequent public confusion.German official development assistance to China,however,is not“traditional aid”in the sense of suppor
2、ting poverty reduction through public funds but rather consists of promotional loans(Frderkredite)and technical cooperation.German official development assistance is also increasingly governed by various ministries,not just the German development ministry.The GermanChinese partnership is mutually pr
3、ofitable.In recent years,GermanChinese relations somewhat shifted from development to international cooperation on equal footing.Prematurely withdrawing from GermanChinese“development”cooperation would signify the termination of a mutually benefitting partnership in the realm of international cooper
4、ation.Therefore,the German government should increase the transparency regarding the nature of the development assistance to China,highlighting the“win-win situation”of the German-Chinese cooperation.N No o.159159 NovemberNovember 20212021 Kimsey Zajac and Lennart Kaplan KIEL POLICY BRIEF Why German
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