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'The lockdown will yet push many people to their limits'

Stefan Stiller, a three-star chef in Shanghai, already had to spend more than 60 days in the Shanghai lockdown. His restaurant Taian-Table with around 40 employees has been closed since March 17. The financial situation for many of his colleagues is becoming increasingly dire, says Stiller in an interview with Frank Sieren. Government support measures are missing the problems. The psychological damage caused by the lockdown will haunt Shanghainese for a long time to come, believes Stiller.

By Frank Sieren

Opinion

State influence through golden shares

Hong Kong law professor Angela Zhang sees the authorities' efforts to discipline Chinese tech companies as "clumsy and very costly." The sometimes opaque regulations of the past 18 months in particular have unsettled the tech industry and investors. Beijing's proposal to chip in with "golden shares" doesn't improve the situation either. Zhang explains where the sticking points lie.

By Redaktion Table

(220518) -- HUAI AN, May 18, 2022 -- A worker shows crayfish in front of camera during an event celebrating the harvest
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By Nico Beckert

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Feature

'China wants to make the Western Pacific its sea'

While the world watches the Ukraine war in shock, Alexander Goerlach warns of a much more dangerous conflict: He believes that China will attack Taiwan in a few years. But that is only the beginning. The plan is to change the world order. He accuses German politicians of being lazy.

By Michael Radunski