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China's abandoned illusion of high growth

Over the past three decades, Beijing's growth targets have become a self-fulfilling prophecy. However, an unfavorable external environment should be a reason for China to look beyond growth.

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Pan Yue – from maverick-thinker to Xi's thought leader

From the beacon of hope for reform in the People's Republic right into Xi's inner circle – the multi-faceted Chinese politician Pan Yue looks back on a remarkable career path. His appointment gives an idea of how China will deal with national minorities in the future.

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Jörn-Carsten Gottwald, Steffi Weil, Markus Taube

How the EU discovers – and endangers – Taiwan

With closer ties to Taiwan, the EU wants to strengthen a democratic value partner and, at the same time, secure access to advanced chips. But semiconductor production in Europe, in particular, could weaken Taiwan. The solution lies in the flight forward – in even more extensive cooperation.

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Alpermann, Björn

Sinology in Germany: fighting distorted images

The impression that Sinology is corrupted by funding from the People's Republic is false. There is neither evidence of infiltration by Chinese money. Nor is there any evidence of a lack of integrity on the part of the scholars.

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Tank Man, prostitutes, rich monks and Biden's menu

Our "China Perspective" column is written by authors from the People's Republic who wish to remain anonymous. Today we have an insider's guide to Beijing. It is about four political places whose significance is easily overlooked at first glance.

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The crusade of an unbowed man

The death of the 91-year-old military doctor Jiang Yanyong last Saturday came at an inopportune time for Beijing's leadership. He fought for the investigation into the military intervention against protesters in 1989 and was therefore regarded as the "doctor of conscience". This earned him harassment and years of house arrest.

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Financial sector back in the party's grip

China is repositioning itself in financial regulation and changing its top staff members. This offers the possibility that China and the World Bank will come closer together in their recently strained relationship. However, this does not bode well for climate policy. For the new staff stands for a softening of the green credit guidelines.

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The planned China strategy is the wrong approach

Instead of focusing strictly and protectionistically on China, Germany needs an overall strategy for dealing with erratically acting autocracies. A comprehensive concept would finally create clarity for companies. In this way, companies would more likely show the behavior desired by the government when it comes to dealing with risks.

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China's rise retold

Based on his family's story, our editor Felix Lee retells China's rapid development. This translated excerpt from the first chapter of his book tells the story of the moment when China and the Volkswagen Group first came together.

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