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Johnny Erling

New year rabbit from hell

Hidden criticism of the Communist Party, collector's items and even investment: At the beginning of the new year, the rabbit stamps by artist Huang Yongyu caused a buzz in China – both online and in post offices. China's postal service is printing millions of these stamps, and yet they are instantly sold out. Because Huang's stamps are notorious in China.

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Gerhard Hinterhäuser

Japan's security strategy – China in its sights

Japan's new security strategy takes the complex situation in the region into account. Legitimate and understandable from Japan's point of view, it represents an escalation of tensions between the US-led countries of the Western community of values and China. For Europe, the result is a role as mediator between the irreconcilable parties.

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Carolin Kautz China

(No) new party ideology in the Communist Party

Economic reforms have long led to the dismissal of the ideologies of the Chinese Communist Party as insignificant or irrational. A risky misconception, says Dr. Carolin Kautz, China expert at the University of Goettingen. After all, the party under Xi Jinping is consolidating its central claim to power with enormous pressure to be loyal and digital indoctrination more than ever.

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Imported holidays

Our “China Perspective” column is written by authors from the People’s Republic who wish to remain anonymous. Today’s column deals with festivals from Western countries absorbed by Chinese culture.

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Löchel und Cremer: China-Strategie Deutschlands

China strategies: A sense of proportion instead of politicization

Germany needs an interest-based China strategy instead of the ideological bigotry that is reflected in the drafts of the Ministry of Economics and the Federal Foreign Office. They overemphasize the dependence on China, while the advantages of globalization are neglected.

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Shang-Jin Wei

Can China save its economic miracle?

After reversing its zero-Covid policy, the Chinese government faces a number of challenges that could dampen economic growth. To restore rapid GDP growth, Chinese policymakers must break a "cycle of pessimism," analyzes Shang-Jin Wei.

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Johnny Erling

Xi's secret million-dollar accounts

Every author has a right to receive royalties. Even those whose books are compulsorily distributed to a nation of billion people. Chairman Xi may have made – and continues to make – an enormous fortune this way. After all, he constantly publishes new volumes of propaganda.

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Johnny Erling

China crafts its own word of the year

It becomes increasingly obvious that China's word of the year is picked by the party and has little to do with online voting. This year, the commission presented words like "stability" and "20th Party Congress" as winners of the vote. The true submissions, such as "white" in reference to the protests, were already removed in the preliminary round.

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