Sieren's China: Germany playing technological catch-up DW 24.05.2018

It's not by chance that Angela Merkel is devoting a whole day to the city of Shenzhen during her two-day visit to China. The southeastern Chinese metropolis is one of the most developed cities in the world -- it is modern, connected and astonishingly clean by China's standards thanks to an almost entirely e-mobile bus system. Like no other city, Shenzhen embodies the Chinese dream to become a technological global power. China wants to lead the world in key areas such as space travel, e-mobility and industrial robotics by 2025. That's the government's plan and it has already achieved its goal with regard to high-speed trains.