China's head of state Xi Jinping has proclaimed the fight against inequality. Forty years after Deng Xiaoping's liberal reforms, he sets a new course for the party: against the wealthy, for new opportunities for advancement. In this way, he wants to save the "Chinese dream."
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Numerous myths surround Qincheng Prison, located near Beijing. The political prison is reserved for party cadres fallen from grace – and is therefore not under the supervision of China's judiciary.
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China has bought into ByteDance, the publisher of the video app TikTok – with now presumably far-reaching veto power. The debate over the influence of the Chinese leadership over the popular app is now likely to flare up again.
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A theocratic nation as Economic Partner of the Silk Road Initiative? Even pragmatic China finds it difficult to deal with the Taliban in practice. True, the intention was to make the best of the situation, but a Taliban emirate does not provide the necessary environment for safe investment. This is also evident by the failure of existing projects.
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