Frank Sieren

In his bestseller The Car Shock, Frank Sieren analyzes with great clarity not only the mistakes of the German car industry, but also how China was able to become the most important car growth market in the world. His diagnosis reveals the parameters of China’s success over the last 45 years, which have enabled the Middle Kingdom to generate a speed of innovation that is increasingly calling Europe’s ability to act in the field of future technologies into question. What is the trade secret of these parameters? What could Germany and Europe learn from this for their own future viability?

Frank Sieren is one of Germany’s leading China experts and has lived in Beijing for over 30 years. He has worked for many years as a correspondent for the Handelsblatt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Wirtschaftswoche and ZEIT, made TV documentaries for ARD and ZDF and written over a dozen books.

Moderator: Dr. Manfred Osten, former Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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