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Eileen Gu zieht eine Grimasse während des Slopestyle Wettkampfes in Peking. Erst im letzten Versuch holte sie Silber.
Feature

Eileen Gu in the maelstrom of geopolitics

Eileen Gu has entered a political minefield by switching flags from the USA to China. Accusations of treason in the US are now followed by resentment in China regarding her privileged life. Statements that seem innocent and detached don't help. Gu has to realize that for top athletes like her, there is no such thing as a politics-free zone in the current times.

By Christiane Kuehl

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Beijing's worries about digital cat images

Cat pictures helped Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) boom in China. First, the art scene sensed good business. Now tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba are also issuing tokens. They are afraid of missing out on the next hype. But the government already put a spanner in the works of the tech industry once. Now, that could happen again.

By Ning Wang

Opinion

The magic of Chinese numbers

Numbers usually come with the addition of "左右" (left and right) in China – that is, an "approximate" approximation of reality. Johnny Erling reveals how everyone from Karl-Heinz Rummenigge to IOC chief Thomas Bach, as well as major companies and investors, have repeatedly allowed themselves to be gullibly mesmerized by China's magic of big numbers coupled with even bigger promises.

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