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During the New Year, Chinese gift each other red envelopes with money. But within Chinese families, it's not easy to navigate the cliffs of social conventions without any accidents.
By Redaktion Table
WeChat, China's most popular messenger service with over one billion users, will soon be split into a Chinese and an English version. This is the response of parent company Tencent to regulations in the East and West: China dictates that data must not leave the country – and in the US, the threat of bans hangs over Chinese providers. The world is being divided into two data worlds.
By Frank Sieren
Arcov is China's greatest hope in the battle against Covid. But there is still a long way to go before this new vaccine is ready for deployment. China's borders will not be opened anytime soon, even with an mRNA vaccine.
By Redaktion Table
Infections are suddenly rising exponentially in Hong Kong, despite a zero-covid strategy. Why have mainland cities managed to keep Omicron numbers low so far, while Hong Kong has not?
By Redaktion Table