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Fake marriages in the LGBT community

Our “China Perspective” column is written by authors from the People’s Republic who wish to remain anonymous. Today’s column deals with gay and lesbian individuals who are looking for a partner of the opposite sex for a sham marriage – to satisfy the expectations of their parents and society.

By Experts Table.Briefings

221115 -- SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov. 15, 2022 -- Xie Zhenhua, special representative for Chinese President Xi Jinping and China s special envoy for climate change, speaks at a high-level forum on South-South cooperation on climate change held at the 27th session of the Conference of Parties COP27 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the China Pavilion in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Nov. 14, 2022.  EGYPT-SHARM EL-SHEIKH-COP27-CHINA PAVILION-HIGH-LEVEL FORUM SuixXiankai PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
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China's inglorious role at COP27

China knows that it must do more to protect the climate. But it continues to struggle to make international commitments. The COP negotiators will have to work on this until the next COP in Dubai.

By Christiane Kuehl

220529 -- CHANGCHUN, May 29, 2022 -- A worker checks a vehicle at the assembly line of FAW-Volkswagen in Changchun, northeast China s Jilin Province, May 16, 2022. Xinhua Headlines: China s auto industry tackles challenges to safeguard global industrial chain amid pandemic ZhangxJian PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
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Crisis at Germany Inc: schism between politics and business

For years, the German government supported the business of German automakers. A study by Merics suggests that this could be over. The advantages dwindle and the China situation requires new strategies. The ideas of government and corporations are thus increasingly diverging.

By Christian Domke Seidel

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Fake heterosexual marriages

Our “China Perspective” column is written by authors from the People’s Republic who wish to remain anonymous. Today's column deals with gay and lesbian persons who are looking for a partner of the opposite sex for a sham marriage – to satisfy the expectations of their parents and the society.

By Experts Table.Briefings