This just seems like anti-China propaganda, no?

The first half of the article blames the Ukraine war. The second half of the article blames China for being more competitive.

"German Deindustrialization Is Still Looming" - so it hasn't actually begun?

Energy prices are rising in all of the industrialized world, and cars are reaching "prohibitive prices" everywhere. Does that mean the whole world, not just Germany, is deindustrializing?

"Decent living" for the standards of year 2000 perhaps. Real wages stagnated for a long time while rich got relatively even richer. Furthermore, the structure of the economy has been changing, it's just that Germany is slow to adapt (perhaps more so because of its aging population).

> Yet, these folks could make a decent living for themselves.

They should remember the day they are going to vote.