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Franziska Brantner
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'We have to look realistically at China'

Too dependent on China, not strategic enough, too focused on short-term profits – the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics, Franziska Brantner (Greens), accuses German businesses of being too naive in its dealing with the world's second-largest economy. With a new strategy, the German government wants to break China's dominance in mineral resources, among other things. Felix Lee and Till Hoppe spoke with Brantner.

By Redaktion Table

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EU Commission also takes targets products from Xinjiang

The EU Commission wants to ban the sale of products made from forced labor - and is already accepting verifiable evidence for this. And there is already plenty of evidence in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. However, it will still take some time before the ban is introduced.

By Amelie Richter

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China's lobby could prevent Xinjiang resolution

The 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva raises serious allegations against the Chinese government. But a possible resolution on human rights crimes in Xinjiang is unlikely. With years of lobbying, Beijing has rallied dozens of states to its side – and hopes that the Western coalition will begin to crumble.

By Marcel Grzanna

Futuristisches Elektromobil im Xpeng-Store in Kopenhagen
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Xpeng on expansion drive in Europe

Xpeng plans to sell half of its EVs in foreign countries. Sales numbers are growing rapidly. The successful electric startup has set its sights on Europe in particular.

By Christian Domke Seidel

Karteikarte zu einem mutmaßlich im Rahmen des „Boxerkrieges“ erbeuteten Objekt, das sich heute in der Sammlung des Museums für Asiatische Kunst befindet
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Bought, robbed, given, extorted or looted?

Provenance research is dedicated to the question of how art pieces from other parts of the world arrived in the colonial states. In Berlin, China slowly shifts into focus. The reason for this is that German soldiers stole numerous valuable pieces of art during the Boxer Rebellion. A team of seven German museums, in cooperation with Shanghai University, wants to clarify their origin and whereabouts.

By Fabian Peltsch

China Blaualgen Chaohu
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New weapon in the fight against blue-green algae

Chinese scientists have developed an eco-friendly technology to fight the explosive global infestation of blue-green algae in large and small bodies of water. They have managed to reduce blue-green algae in China's third largest lake by 80 percent without the use of chemicals.

By Frank Sieren

Jugendarbeitslosigkeit China
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Youth unemployment higher than ever before

Youth unemployment rate in China has more than doubled since the outbreak of the pandemic. One in five young Chinese is unable to find work. As the economic outlook remains grim under zero-Covid, no quick improvement is in sight – and the risk of social unrest rises.

By Redaktion Table

Hamburg Containerschiff CSCL Star der Reederei Cosco Shipping liegt am Kai vom HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort im Ell
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Cosco's port stake: joy in Hamburg, mistrust in Berlin

The Chinese shipping company Cosco wants to buy a stake in the Port of Hamburg. Economically, it would mean a powerful alliance between the world's fourth-largest shipping company and Europe's third-largest port. But experts warn about potential ulterior motives from Beijing.

By Michael Radunski

Xi Jinping und die sechs weiteren Mitglieder des neuen Ständigen Ausschusses des Politbüros der chinesischen KP
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CP Congresses: From consensus to the era of Xi

The party congresses of China's Communists are a forum for socialist grandeur, the forcing through of ideologies. In recent decades, they also stood for an orderly transfer of power. That no longer applies. At the upcoming 20th CP Congress, President Xi Jinping will be elected Chairman for another five years.

By Christiane Kuehl