Beijing is also massively intimidating regime critics abroad. The targets of the attacks include exiled Uyghurs campaigning for self-determination for their people in Xinjiang. Beijing accuses the activist Dolkun Isa of planning bomb attacks. But an international manhunt has never been sufficiently substantiated. German authorities have no suspicions against the man.
By Marcel Grzanna
How can useful information be gleaned from party media to assess the situation in China? In the past, sinologists understood the art of being alchemists of language who could still dig gold out of lead deserts full of stupid propaganda. They only had to discover the paragraph that began with "danshi" (but). Here the new information was hiding. After the relaunch of the ZK theory magazine "Qiushi," a new source opened up.
By Antje Sirleschtov
Young Chinese do not have enough children. This is a consequence of the one-child policy. Economically, the low birth rate has consequences: The working population threatens to shrink massively soon. And the state pension fund could run out of money by 2035.
By Redaktion Table
Today, the European Commission will present its new trade strategy. The reorganization is necessary because the challenges it faces have become more diverse. The guidelines are not least important about China, the EU's largest trading partner – while Beijing is a possible partner on some points, ideas are far apart on others.
By Amelie Richter
Starting next year, car manufacturers will no longer have to operate joint ventures in China. But the web of international Chinese joint ventures does not seem to unravel. On the contrary: New ones are still added. China.Table explains the network.
By Christiane Kuehl
The Chinese film industry got off to a dream start in the Spring Festival with in-house productions. Thanks to the earlier reopenings after the Covid pandemic, China succeeded in surpassing the USA as the world's largest cinema market for the first time last year. At the same time, the People's Republic is becoming increasingly independent of US productions.
By Redaktion Table