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Johnny Erling

Johnny Erling: Is Xi Jinping a Marxist?

Since taking office as leader of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping has had schoolchildren cramming Marxist teachings. Some observers consider the communist fuss to be a facade. However, renowned sinologist and former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warns that Xi's ideology must be taken seriously.

By Manuel Liu

Economic downturn: Youth unemployment rises again.

Almost one-sixth of 16 to 24-year-olds in China's cities are unemployed. Overall, the nationwide unemployment rate in cities has reached its highest level in two years. Most recently, the National Bureau of Statistics had excluded students from the unemployment data.

By Leonardo Pape

China competence: The discourse is largely self-referential.

The concept of China competence should finally be buried. This technocratic discourse ignores questions of power. It can also be misused to secure a privileged spokesperson position in Germany and at the same time avoid analyzing the real power relations in the People's Republic of China.

By Marcel Grzanna