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Cancer therapy: pharmaceutical companies to shake up the world market

China's pharmaceutical industry wants to play a role in the global market for cancer drugs with innovative biotech start-ups and inexpensive in-house developments. Chinese suppliers are teaming up with European and American partners to open up Western markets. Now, there is hope that the expensive treatment will become cheaper and possibly better because of the new competitive pressure from China.

By Frank Sieren

Johnny Erling

Beating tigers, swatting flies, hunting foxes

Covid from China? Taboo! Swine fever from Africa? All right! In the People's Republic, the language is sometimes animalistic. President Xi, in particular, loves to use animal terms to discredit enemies. He also likes to use animal metaphors to describe his country. The mystical dragon or the strong lion are particularly popular in Beijing for describing China.

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