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Space X Starship lifts off for its first launch from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday, April 20,2023. Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY SPX20230420254 THOMxBAUR
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China builds own Starship rocket

The Starship developed by the US space company SpaceX is the most powerful space rocket ever. Even China seems to be impressed by the technology – and is throwing the previous concept of its planned heavy-lift rocket "Long March 9" overboard.

By Jörn Petring

Berlin Global Forum_13/11
Opinion

Suspicion instead of trust

Is the planned twinning between Kiel and Qingdao a Trojan horse for Chinese espionage? Naivety would be inappropriate when answering this question. But that is no reason to refrain from a city partnership.

By Experts Table.Briefings

epa10430447 A view of a logo at the building of software company SAP Deutschland before a press conference in Walldorf, Germany, 26 January 2023. Software producer SAP SE released their preliminary business figures for the fourth quarter Q4 and the full year 2022.  EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK
Feature

China is dependent on Germany in these sectors

China is dependent on German high-tech - to such an extent that an immediate decoupling would be very painful. German companies like SAP are indispensable, especially when it comes to IT solutions.

By Frank Sieren