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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.

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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

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

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

R-L Annalena Baerbock Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen, Bundesaussenministerin, und Olaf Scholz SPD, Bundeskanzler, aufgenommen im Rahmen des Petersberger Klimadialoges im Auswaertigen Amt in Berlin, 18.07.2022. Der Petersberger Klimadialog dient als Vorbereitung der UN-Klimakonferenz, die 2022 in Scharm asch-Schaich in Aegypten stattfinden wird. Berlin Germany *** R L Annalena Baerbock Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen , German Foreign Minister, and Olaf Scholz SPD , German Chancellor, photographed during the Petersberg Climate Dialogue at the German Foreign Office in Berlin, 18 07 2022 The Petersberg Climate Dialogue serves as preparation for the UN Climate Conference, which will take place in 2022 in Sharm asch Schaich in Egypt Berlin Germany Copyright: xFlorianxGaertnerx

China strategies: Baerbock and Scholz in comparison

A comparison with Olaf Scholz's guest article on China policy shows: The China strategy draft by the Foreign Office resembles the Chancellery's concept in many respects. But strife within the governing coalition is a certainty for political reasons alone.

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