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Works councils like Chinese investors - mostly

After German companies have been taken over by China, cooperation with workers' representatives usually works better than expected. This is because Chinese investors work with the laws they find. This is good news for German employees.

By Christian Domke Seidel

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'I don't need to be in Xinjiang to prove what is happening there'

Uyghur vlogger Shahnura Kasim laments the human rights situation in Xinjiang on TikTok and Instagram. That claim that normality has returned to the autonomous region, according to a recent newspaper article by two German sinologists, is an insolent claim, she says. She still cannot get in touch with her family and people on the street are still afraid to speak openly.

By Redaktion Table

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Financial dialogue shows will for reciprocal market opening

The main focus of the 3rd high-level Sino-German Financial Dialogue in Frankfurt am Main was more cooperation. In times of "de-risking," German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and China's Vice Premier He Lifeng advocated more market opening and cooperation on international issues. Financial policy seems to be a field not yet primarily characterized by rivalry – even if only few concrete details have been announced.

By Christiane Kuehl