China's third aircraft carrier will be launched in 2021 – it is supposed to be similar to the most modern US carriers. However, it is questionable whether all the necessary technologies will be available. Beijing also put plans for further aircraft carriers on hold some time ago for cost reasons and lack of necessary technologies.
By Redaktion Table
The European Parliament has given the green light for a report on the CO2 limit levy. A number of things are still open until the EU Commission presents its proposal later this year. What is clear, however, is that the new mechanism will bring money into the EU coffers. Critics fear that trading partners could see the levy as an additional tariff, making the project implausible in terms of climate policy. For China, however, the EU project could also have advantages.
By Amelie Richter
Chinese leaders are most likely already aware of the probable international consequences of pursuing an ultra-repressive course in Hong Kong. But by prosecuting 47 pro-democracy activists, President Xi Jinping is throwing down the gauntlet to a new US administration and its allies – and may be overplaying his hand.
By Redaktion Table
At the beginning of March, the People's Republic of China briefly banned the import of pineapples from Taiwan. The Taiwanese feel that they are being picked on by Beijing and launch a successful counter-campaign.
By Marcel Grzanna
No lockdown, hardly any tests, and no vaccination campaign: Yet hardly any other country has managed to contain the pandemic as successfully as Taiwan. Unlike the authoritarian People's Republic, the island republic used democratic means.
By Felix Lee
