The balloon incident leaves communication between China and the USA disrupted for the time being. Regardless of all open questions, the US had all rights to shoot down the flying object; Accordingly, China is keeping it on the down-low. What appears to be a particularly insolent provocation could also be the result of a chain of minor mistakes.
By Finn Mayer-Kuckuk
Mysteriousness is embedded in the DNA of China's political culture. The abrupt lifting of the Covid measures, the removal of Hu Jintao from the CP congress, Xi Jinping's two-week disappearance, the fate of the Panchen Lama and Lin Biao's plane crash all have something in common: Their reasons remain a mystery. Nevertheless, there are new insights.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The sinicisation of Tibet's children and youth continues. To estrange them from their own culture, Chinese authorities force them into boarding schools far from their families. The students only see their families during the holidays. They speak their mother tongue less and less.
By Marcel Grzanna