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The world undergoes a mass extinction event: One million animal and plant species are acutely threatened with extinction worldwide. China has particularly high biodiversity to lose. The country is not doing enough to stop the extinction. Promised financial resources are only a drop in the bucket. The People's Republic should focus more on species protection in its foreign projects.
By Ning Wang
The Chinese government’s efforts to revive the economy are restrained by high debt levels and decreasing tax revenues. In the first half of 2022, the top 10 tax revenues totaled ¥9.7 trillion, 12 percent lower than the tax revenues in the first half of 2021. Value Added Tax (VAT), vehicle purchase tax and taxes related to real estate show the largest decrease. This raises the question of how much further stimulus the government can provide to revitalize the Chinese economy weakened by covid disruptions.
By Redaktion Table
TikTok collects user data it does not need, censors content Beijing does not like, and connects to servers in the People's Republic of China. Nevertheless, the company sticks to its claim of being completely independent of the Chinese parent company ByteDance. In order to credibly convey this, internal guidelines give PR employees an arsenal of standard statements.
By Marcel Grzanna
After the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, many expected China to fill the vacuum. Large investments in the country, which had fallen back to the Taliban, were predicted. One year later, there is little evidence of this: China has been acting very cautiously and has so far been active only on a limited scale.
By Christiane Kuehl