Germany's 'China City': how Duisburg became Xi Jinping's gateway to Europe

The city is host to the world’s largest inland port, with 80% of trains from China now making it their first European stop

For much of the 20th century, the city of Duisburg in Germany’s industrial west was a steel-and-coal town whose chimneys cloaked the skies in smoke. And yet there is something about this soot-stained spot in the Ruhr valley that seems to encourage a particularly clear-sighted view of the rest of the world.

We could become China’s gateway to Europe – and vice versa

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