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What explains China’s fertility drought?

The solutions to China's declining birth rates cannot be solely material or monetary. Achieving greater gender equality is just as important.

By Experts Table.Briefings

Sinolytics Radar

The risks of WeChat

WeChat is inescapable in China. Not only for personal use, but also for business. Many international companies already use WeChat for official communication, running their own channel or mini-programs. However, when it comes to employee-level communication, concerns prevail, and for good reason. Many companies, including several Chinese state-owned enterprises, have already decided to ban WeChat. But the reality is that employees often simply circumvent a WeChat ban. Nevertheless, companies have a choice. ​

By Experts Table.Briefings

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Feature

France excludes Chinese EVs from car subsidy scheme

The French government aligns the promotion of electromobility more closely with environmental and industrial policy criteria. To this end, it tightens the environmental bonus and favors low-income households. Both new regulations disadvantage Chinese EVs.

By Carsten Hübner

Screenshot einer Dokumentation des chinesischen Staatsfernsehens über die Funktionärsschule in Tansania
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The CCP teaches African officials how dictatorship works

At a Tanzanian school for aspiring political leaders, Chinese lecturers extol the virtues of a government that is above the law. The curriculum shows: Beijing is actively exporting its authoritarian governance model to other countries.

By Marcel Grzanna