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Shanghai Composite Index Falling Below 3,000 Points HANGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 20, 2023 - A mobile phone shows the Shanghai Composite Index falling below 3,000 points,Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, October 20, 2023. Hangzhou Zhejiang China PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA Copyright: xCFOTOx originalFilename: cfoto-shanghai231020_npXuP.jpg
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Shanghai's tech index turns into a nightmare

The Star50 Index was supposed to symbolize a new China. Head of state Xi Jinping personally announced it. But since its launch, the Shanghai tech index has only gone downhill. The government is reacting.

By Jörn Petring

Letztes Hindernis vor dem Asylantrag: die Grenze zwischen Mexiko und den USA. Im Bild: der neue Grenzzaun in Tijuana.
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Chinese refugees in a New Yorker apartment building

The number of illegal Chinese immigrants in the United States is rising dramatically. Ma Ju offers his compatriots shelter in New York. He explains the reasons for fleeing, the mental state of the new arrivals and what help he provides them. After all, returning to China could be fatal.

By Marcel Grzanna

Opinion

China's counterattack in the tech war

Without graphite from the People's Republic, the electric car industry comes to a standstill. The Chinese leadership has recognized this and is now using this dependency as a political tool. At the same time, China wants to prevent the development of an independent battery industry in other countries. This makes the tentative attempts by the USA and Europe to build up an independent battery industry considerably more challenging.

By Experts Table.Briefings

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Biden meets Xi: Preventing things from getting worse

US President Joe Biden will meet Xi Jinping on Wednesday in San Francisco on the sidelines of the APEC summit. One goal: Military talks are to be resumed. But this is not the time for big concessions. Europe is not even sitting at the kids' table anymore.

By Michael Radunski

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'We are witnessing Europe's power-political decline'

China and the USA dominate global affairs. Europe likes to see itself as a mediator between the superpowers. A misconception, says political scientist Eberhard Sandschneider in an interview with Michael Radunski.

By Michael Radunski