all the relevant ministries. and we have even a more ambitious project, which is to encompass also municipal and state level actors and civil society. so, for the first time, this is a really comprehensive china strategy, and it s rather detailed. so, there are lots of positive recommendations in this strategy that s why it took some time. 0k. so, you said there s lots of policy recommendations. how concretely do you think this could immediately change germany s ties with china? well, even before publishing this strategy, the government has already changed its approach on china. so, diversification, de risking is already under way. and i believe that with the strong emphasis on coherent
0k. so you said there s lots of policy recommendations. how concretely do you think this could immediately change germany s ties with china? well, even before publishing this strategy, the government has already changed its approach on china. so diversification, de risking is already under way. and i believe that with the strong emphasis on coherent eu policy vis a vis china, germany is now leading the way to have a stronger european position, but not only in a defensive way, meaning to fend off unequal and unfair practices from china, but also in a more assertive way. after all, we can be rather self confident in the systemic rivalry. we are entertaining with china because the european union
will be what comes from london tomorrow, we are expecting a move by the government to begin overriding part of the protocol. the details of that, how far they go, i think will inform the reaction here. one last thou~ht inform the reaction here. one last thought on this, inform the reaction here. one last thought on this, i inform the reaction here. one last thought on this, i noticed that - thought on this, i noticed that simon company in his remarks in brussels was saying that effectively we should be trying to accommodate other positions, in other words, we have to be flexible. presumably the irish government knows better than any other government in the eu how important it is to get the combination. is an understanding from the brussels site that may be borisjohnson found from the brussels site that may be boris johnson found in from the brussels site that may be borisjohnson found in slightly in the position that david cameron and theresa may found themselves in? even though br
any sudden movement on the restoration of a devolved government. if the dup is persuaded that the government s moves in westminster to bring forward legislation, announced legislation to deal with its concerns over the protocol, the dup may unblock the devolved assembly. at present, it is blocking the assembly at stormont from assembling and we could see restoration of the assembly, some debates, committee hearing before we go to the next stage and the prospect of reviving the devolved government becoming viable. chris page at hillsborough castle in northern ireland, thank you very much. in brussels now is suzanne lynch who is the author of a book and a northern ireland journalist. thank you very much a being with us on bbc news this afternoon. where do you think we are in this process of changes to the protocol? i in this process of changes to the rotocol? ~ , ., ., protocol? i think it is fair to say that the attention protocol? i think it is fair to say that the attention of p