Quest Log: Made in China 2025

Quest log: in 2015 China vowed to master robots, electric cars and green tech. Mochi: back in 2001 it sold Europe cheap goods and bought Europe's machines. Queen Honeycomb: then Chinese solar, aluminium and steel battered European producers. The Rust Baron says Europe has nothing left; Mochi: 500 million high-spending shoppers, and China wants no second front. One analyst calls it out-Germanying Germany.

Europe's trade with China turned lopsided in stages: after China joined the WTO in 2001 the two were complementary, China selling cheap consumer goods and buying Europe's machinery, luxury goods and cars; then Chinese solar panels, aluminium and steel battered European producers, and in 2015 'Made in China 2025' set out to dominate robotics, electric cars and green technology, which one analyst calls out-Germanying Germany; Europe's remaining leverage, a former ambassador says, is its 500 million high-spending consumers, and it is not in China's interest to have two open fronts at once.

Starring

JunoMochiQueen HoneycombThe Rust Baron