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EU commissioner criticizes anti-espionage law

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Warning of EV battery dependence

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Kvarnstroem becomes new EEAS Asia Director

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Bundesbank: Reconsidering direct investments in China

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Beijing summons ambassador after Baerbock statement

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Gabon coup stops China's plan for naval base

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Outrage over clothing paragraph

A new draft law aims to criminalize wearing clothes that hurt the "feelings of the Chinese nation." The outrage in the social networks is enormous. And even a state newspaper is criticizing it.

By Jörn Petring

'There is a considerable alienation between the mainland and Taiwan'

Beijing presents a plan to integrate Taiwan into the People's Republic. Simultaneously, about a hundred warships and fighter jets are dispatched towards the island. In an interview conducted by Michael Radunski, Josie-Marie Perkuhn explains how Taiwan reacts to this situation with a certain resilience and what lies behind its behavior. The sinologist believes that war is not imminent – instead, Beijing resorts to far more subtle measures.

By Michael Radunski

'This would hardly have been possible independently'

After their article for the Neue Zuercher Zeitung (NZZ), sinologists Thomas Heberer and Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer have been accused of a lack of distance from the Chinese party state. After a visit to Xinjiang, they recommended lifting sanctions against Chinese officials. In China.Table, the emeritus professors now comment on open questions for the first time.

By Experts Table.Briefings