The intensifying geopolitical tensions between China and the West have put ASEAN countries, which cannot decouple from either side, in an unenviable position. To build resilience at a time of great-power rivalries, Southeast Asian countries must strengthen regional cooperation.
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Deng Xiaoping's pragmatic agricultural policy, which allowed peasants to return to tenancy systems after Mao's Cultural Revolution, brought hundreds of millions of Chinese an economic miracle that allowed them to overcome their bitter poverty. A narrative that is partly true. However, this also happened at the expense of the people's uncertainty as to when the next change of course in the party would jeopardize what had been achieved.
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German media see Chinese "influence operations" at work in many places. Many fear the infiltration of our democracy by the People's Republic; the chances of constructive cooperation are increasingly being overshadowed, and its advocates are being defamed.
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Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People’s Republic who wish to remain anonymous. Today's article looks at the increasing opacity of Chinese politics and society, making China particularly unpredictable in an unpredictable world.
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Straw man arguments and false dichotomies plague the current dispute on how to appropriately approach autocratic China. In the struggle for the proper middle ground, we should therefore stop grotesquely exaggerating the positions of the other side.
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The Western Russia sanctions have increased the desire for an alternative to the US dollar in many countries, because they also affect the settlement of foreign exchange transactions. This benefits the Chinese yuan (renminbi) on its way to becoming a global currency.
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A thing is funny when it upsets the established order. This is how George Orwell aptly described the core of comedy – and at the same time the reason why this form of entertainment is having a hard time in China. Because this cultural form, which has also become a lucrative business for investors, is now being strictly regulated.
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Beijing's censorship apparatus inhibits the development of AI-based speech applications like ChatGPT. That's because it narrows the information base for training large-scale language models through machine learning. This could decide the struggle for global domination over information - to China's disadvantage.
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Ten years of the New Silk Road. The new book by journalist Philipp Mattheis takes stock – from the perspective of the recipient countries.
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Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People's Republic who wish to remain anonymous. Today's article looks at the relationship and feelings of the People's Republic toward its neighbors.
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