History teaches: Countries with strong growth threaten the establishment, and the danger of war increases. China's economic and geostrategic interests threaten the US in particular today. Europe must find its role as a mediator.
By Nico Beckert
The New Silk Road leads to new debts for developing and emerging countries. But there is no Chinese master plan behind it. China is also taking high financial and reputational risks.
By Nico Beckert
One year after the WHO declared a "health emergency of international concern" over the Covid outbreak in Wuhan, China.Table compiles positions on China's crisis management: How do the Chinese assess the situation? What political, economic and human rights consequences do EU parliamentarians, economists, political scientists and human rights activists see?
By Redaktion Table
Following the insolvency of major investor HNA, the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate is striving to find a solution for Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. Whether Hainan Airlines survives the restructuring of HNA's affiliated companies in the midst of the coronavirus crisis remains uncertain.
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Covid vaccine from Biontech will be delivered in China in February. Nevertheless, Chinese state media and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been criticizing the product, which will be manufactured and marketed in cooperation with Fosun, for days. Leading Chinese scientists now denounce the lack of transparency in Chinese vaccines and tests.
By Frank Sieren
