The week’s headlines and YOU
Studio Berlin is KCRW Berlin’s weekly show that brings together local journalists, lawmakers and experts to provide you with context and analysis around the issues shaping the news locally and nationally. Tune in every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday at 10:00 a.m. on 104.1 FM.
Each week we’ll take a closer look at the events shaping our lives here in Germany’s capital. You’ll hear from a diverse group of hosts as we tackle the issues moving Berlin, Germany, Europe — and YOU.
May 6, 2020: How will the COVID-19 pandemic change Europe’s relationship with Beijing?
Lawmakers from across the European Union are urging transparency from China, with growing calls for an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus. How will the COVID-19 pandemic change Europe and Germany’s relationship with Beijing? And among the many challenges to globalization, is this pandemic the biggest?
Host Sumi Somaskanda is joined by Noah Barkin, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund and fellow Studio Berlin host; Lucrezia Poggetti, a research associate at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS); and Amrita Narlikar, president of the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA).
This show was produced by Sylvia Cunningham and Sumi Somaskanda with assistance from Monika Müller-Kroll.
Sumi Somaskanda – Studio Berlin host
Noah Barkin – senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund and Studio Berlin host
Lucrezia Poggetti – research associate at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
Amrita Narlikar – president of the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA).
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