With the RealTime Mandarin newsletter, Andrew Methven provides in-depth insights into China's current online debates as well as real-life Chinese lessons. The Briton once discovered his fascination for the country and language on a road trip through China.
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Hong Kong's wealthiest man has sold his ports along the Panama Canal to appease Trump. The unusual move fits in well with the 96-year-old's business strategy: He has mastered the balancing act between relations with Beijing and his global economic interests.
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Yan Xuetong is one of the few Chinese intellectuals whose positions have attracted attention both in China and internationally. He takes a relaxed view of the USA under Donald Trump. The decisive factor in the global systems competition is technological innovation.
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Chris Xu, founder of the Chinese fashion company Shein, has enjoyed a meteoric rise. Now, his business model is facing pressure. A man who is so reserved that his own employees are said to have problems recognizing him.
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In November, a member of the powerful Central Military Commission, Miao Hua, was dismissed. His rise and fall demonstrate the mechanisms of the communist system, which functions through personal relationships, but is also corrupted by rope teams. Did Admiral Xi Jinping become too powerful?
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The hype surrounding the Chinese AI industry and the start-up DeepSeek shows that China's development of an independent semiconductor industry is in full swing. Chen Tianshi's chip group Cambricon is at the forefront.
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At a time when countless German-Chinese exchange programs are being discontinued and long-standing networks are petering out, Katja Hellkötter stoically continues with the exchange in her Berlin cultural venue C*Space.
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Zhang Yu has connected Germany and China through art and culture for 20 years. Intercultural dialog is more important today than ever, says the former entrepreneur. Her next major project is a concert of Chinese rock music and German classical music at the Berlin Philharmonie.
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China's new ambassador to France will probably have to do some image work first. Deng Li's predecessor Lu Shaye had mainly made a name for himself with controversies in recent years. Can Deng revive the image of his home country in the midst of the trade dispute over cognac and electric cars?
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The lifestyle of his home country and the question of how different cultures influence each other are at the heart of Zhang Shengjia's work. In his latest film "Birthday Cakes from China", the artist and filmmaker from Shenzhen examines the history of Chinese birthday cakes.
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