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UN-Hochkommissarin Bachelet

Bachelet's last act: UN report on Xinjiang published

Michelle Bachelet presented the UN report on the human rights situation in Xinjiang at the end of her term in office. The document is a reckoning with the Chinese government, which tried to prevent its publication until the very end. The paper clearly goes beyond the rhetoric that she had usually displayed toward Beijing.

By Marcel Grzanna

Hongkong Filmindustrie Bruce Lee

End of Hong Kong film city

Hong Kong's film industry was once the third largest in the world. Even before the suppression of the democracy movement, the industry suffered from censorship and self-censorship. A few continued courageously with critical documentary films. That, too, is now over.

By Felix Lee

China Dürre Regen Silberiodid

Full granaries secure supply despite droughts

The record temperatures in large parts of China are not only alarming climate activists. Crops could also be lost. The country's national food reserves are still likely to buy time for the political leadership. But the chance for an independent food supply is moving further and further into the distance, and with it, the hope for sustainable solutions.

By Ning Wang

Biden administration fuels trade war

Under the Biden administration, the US has further restricted exports of US technology to China. European companies are also affected by tightened US licensing rules due to the extraterritorial application of the rules and because of the increasing pressure, the Biden administration puts on partner countries to coordinate export controls with the US.​

By Experts Table.Briefings