China has driven digitalization tremendously.
Another reason why the economy seems to be recovering so quickly from the Corona crisis.
Recently, 15 Asian countries signed the largest free trade agreement in the world, RCEP.
It unites around 30 percent of global economic output and 2.2 billion people.
Christina Richter is an expert on digital trends in China and is currently writing her second book about them.
WELT spoke to her.
WORLD:
Ms. Richter, wasn't China just a developing country?