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By favoring European companies, the EU wants to protect the domestic market. However, a "Buy European" regulation is unlikely to be introduced.
By Emily Kossak
The Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek surprised the world with the low cost of its data training. US competitor OpenAI now wants to prove that its products have played a key role in this.
By Ning Wang
China wants to compete with the Starlink satellite system with SpaceSail. The distance to Elon Musk's company is still large. However, SpaceSail could become an attractive alternative for some countries.
By Leonardo Pape
With a new e-commerce action plan, the German government wants to take stronger action against low-cost Chinese retailers such as Temu and Shein, whose products often violate EU standards.
By Ning Wang
Former train driver Li Weijie unsuccessfully sued a state-owned company for outstanding payments. Instead of support from an independent trade union, he experienced repression. His case shows that in China, trade union involvement often remains a battle against windmills. This makes it all the more exciting to see how Chinese investments in Volkswagen and Co. will affect the working culture in Germany in the long term.
By Marcel Grzanna
Technologies made in China, for example in the fields of AI or electromobility, are increasingly competing with companies in the US and Europe. The most recent example is the DeepSeek language model. How should Europe meet this challenge?
By Leonardo Pape
European companies hope to diversify their supply chains in South East Asia. But even there, they increasingly have to cooperate with China.
By Leonardo Pape
Chinese netizens tend to have a more positive perception of Trump than EU and U.S. netizens. While a large proportion of European and US netizens expressed negative opinions about Trump in the days before and after his inauguration, Chinese netizens seem to be much less concerned.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is joining a lawsuit filed by its Chinese joint venture partner Geely against the EU's punitive tariffs on electric vehicles from China. Tesla and BMW are also suing.
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