Anna Marti
Short vita
Anna Marti established the Global Innovation Hub of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom in Taipei and heads the office. She is also the Editor of the Foundation's China Bulletin. Anna Marti has a BA in International Cultural and Business Studies with a focus on Southeast Asia from the University of Passau, and holds a Master's degree in East Asian Politics and Society with a focus on China and Security Policy from the University of Tübingen. After working at the German Agency for International Cooperation giz and the United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific in Nepal and Bangkok, she joined the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom in 2016, where she first hat the position of Desk Officer Asia and later switched to become the Theme Manager Global Innovation and Digitalization.
Contributions
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Chinas Machtstreben im Ostchinesischen Meer
Im Ostchinesischen Meer - das Gebiet zwischen China, der koreanischen Halbinsel, Japan und Taiwan - nehmen seit Jahren Spannungen zu. Die Volksrepublik China strebt nach mehr Territorium und Macht. Die Demokratien Südkorea, Japan und Taiwan setzen sich dagegen für eine regelbasierte Weltordnung ein. Die EU und Deutschland sollten an der Seite ihrer bedrohten Wertepartner stehen und chinesische Drohungen ächten.
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China's influence in Europe
Over the past decade the impact of China's economy has been increasing consequently with far reaching dependencies worldwide. While China has not been using traditional military force to expand its power, we can see clear instances where China uses political and economic coercion to reach its goals. This has led many counties to label China as a “systemic rival”. And that begs the question: What does China’s rise mean for the world?
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The Dangerous Illusion about China's Possible Mediating Role
As the Ukraine war continues to escalate, China is trying to establish itself as a supposedly neutral mediator between Moscow and Kiev. But the hope that President Xi might even have a mitigating effect on Putin has not yet been realized. Rather, a closing of ranks between Russia and China is identified. At first, only in terms of narratives - but there are increasing signs that it goes beyond that.
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The Rise of the e-RMB - China's Plans for its CBDC
Chinas new CBDC, the e-RMB, will give the People’s Bank of China and, by extension, the Chinese Communist Party, almost unlimited insight into the financial lives of its citizens and companies. What are the intensions behind this CBDC? What will this mean for the internationalisation of the RMB? How can Europe react? FNF's Global Innovation Hub has just published an analysis by Andrew Work on the topic
