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Foreign companies are hesitant about Big Data

In response to the domestic economic slowdown, China is intensifying its efforts to harness its digital economy and unlock the value of data resources. Encouraged by strong policy support, Chinese private and state-owned companies are exploring new business models centered on "big data." However, foreign companies have been relatively slow to embrace this trend in China, despite the absence of significant market entry barriers for them to engage in data trading.​

By Experts Table.Briefings

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Energy supply data becomes a national secret

China's National Energy Administration urges plugging leaks and swears the industry to secrecy. But the announcement disappeared from the net a few days later. What is clear, however, is that the confidentiality will increase. Reliable data on China's energy transition is already hard to come by.

By Christiane Kuehl

Shang-Jin Wei
Opinion

China must avoid a debt-deflation spiral

In light of high debt and falling consumer and producer prices, China faces the threat of a downward spiral. To prevent Japanization, the government must immediately provide economic stimulus.

By Experts Table.Briefings

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Communism and class struggle catch up with German sinology

Critics have long lamented the lack of a reappraisal of Maoism in German sinology. After an opinion piece by two veteran sinologists, questions are being raised that shake the credibility of this discipline.

By Marcel Grzanna