Frans-Paul van der Putten, founder of Dutch consultancy ChinaGeopolitics, said it appeared Beijing and The Hague were adopting a pragmatic approach to prioritise trade ties, despite the Nexperia saga. "For both the Chinese and the Dutch governments, it was not favourable to politicise the [Nexperia] issue," van der Putten said. The Chinese side...
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Few works on China have managed to balance historical depth with present-day relevance as effectively as Frans-Paul van der Putten in China Resurrected: A Modern Geopolitical History. Much of the existing literature on China's rise rests on two dominant interpretive frameworks: first, expectations that China's economic and social developments will...
"To anticipate developments twenty or thirty years ahead, policymakers need appropriate instruments. These should be developed at the European level," says Frans-Paul van der Putten, an analyst at the Clingendael Institute, who welcomes the port strategy. In his view, the risks associated with such investments can only be assessed over longer time...
According to Frans-Paul van der Putten, Senior Research Associate at the Clingendael Institute, Cosco is sending a clear signal. Its interest in Zippel indicates that Chinese companies want to expand their involvement in European logistics – despite ongoing trade and geopolitical tensions between the EU and China and stricter EU scrutiny of Chinese...
However, Frans-Paul van der Putten, founder of Dutch consulting firm ChinaGeopolitics, said the continuation of the Nexperia saga would damage the company, the Netherlands and relations between The Hague and Beijing.
"China, whose influence is mainly economic, cannot remove US influence from most regions, should it want to do so," said Frans-Paul van der Putten, an independent China expert based in the Netherlands.
European countries have been slower than the United States to adopt controls of Chinese technology. The Dutch semiconductor industry wants to maintain access to the Chinese market. But it has been squeezed by Washington's increasingly tough approach toward China.
Frans-Paul van der Putten, founder of Dutch consulting firm ChinaGeopolitics, said that China's push for companies to take the lead may be an attempt to downgrade the diplomatic urgency while ramping up pressure on The Hague to restore Nexperia's unity.
Frans-Paul van der Putten, an independent China expert based in the Netherlands, noted historic complacency had hindered the EU response to emerging geopolitical vulnerabilities, especially regarding Washington's global role.
"European governments should be aware that the presence of Chinese companies in their countries might complicate their relations with the US. This should be taken into account when screening incoming investments from China," said Frans-Paul van der Putten, founder of Dutch consulting firm ChinaGeopolitics.