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Chinese lessons made in Taiwan

Taiwan's plans are ambitious. By 2025, the democratic island republic wants to establish 100 language centers around the world to popularize "Taiwanese Mandarin" and introduce foreigners to Taiwan's culture. The government in Taipei hopes that the program could also help the diplomatically isolated country to increase international exchange.

By Redaktion Table

Sinolytics Radar

Foreign companies lose importance

China’s self-sufficiency ambitions, changes in local consumer tastes, and increase in local competencies will change how the Chinese government sees the utility and the replaceability of foreign companies in the market​

By Redaktion Table

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Robots are to mass produce test-tube pigs

Chinese researchers have developed a process that allows cloning pigs via machines. Once ready for mass production, this technology could allow China to become less dependent on imports. This could set the country's agricultural economy on a high-tech path far different from what is envisioned in Europe.

By Frank Sieren