# China is steadily wiping out German industry

**By:** Diana Choyleva  
**Published:** 2022-06-30T08:00:02.000Z  
**Source:** [Nikkei Asia](https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-is-steadily-wiping-out-German-industry)

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National strategy that defined Angela Merkel era has run its course

The logo of German solar power equipment company Q-Cells at a factory site near Bitterfeld in April 2012; The sudden emergence of Chinese competitors wiped out Germany's advanced solar power industry. © Reuters

Diana Choyleva is chief economist of Enodo Economics, a macroeconomic and political forecasting company in London.