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Conflict at 5000 meters

Indian and Chinese soldiers clash at the border. The latest incident shows how fragile the relationship between the two nuclear powers is. Moreover, the border skirmishes have global significance.

By Michael Radunski

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Showdown over gas price cap

The decision on the gas price cap will be made in the Council today. Yesterday night, the EU ambassadors worked on reaching an agreement once more. Also at stake are the joint purchase of gas and the rapid expansion of renewables. Meanwhile, the IEA is calling for significantly greater savings.

By Manuel Berkel

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Second wave of raids in Kaili corruption case

An NGO with three ex-commissioners on its board has become the focus of investigations. There is criticism of the lack of transparency of so-called friendship groups in the European Parliament.

By Markus Grabitz

Scene in Beijing A patient is transported by ambulance to a fever outpatient section of a hospital in central Beijing on Dec. 9, 2022, as China braces for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases following the recent easing of restrictions. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY A14AA0001373630P
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Covid tsunami catches China unprepared

Infected doctors, missing rapid tests and masks: It becomes more and more obvious how naïve the government was in launching the hasty opening of the country. A health catastrophe is on the horizon.

By Redaktion Table

210719 -- HEFEI, July 19, 2021 -- Waste batteries are pooled for recycling at Tianying technology park in Jieshou, east China s Anhui Province, July 15, 2021. At Tianying technology park in Jieshou, materials such as lead and plastics found in waste batteries are reused through a series of processes. To promote circular economy, Jieshou has built one of the largest power battery recycling and production bases in China with a full-fledged recycling system and related industries. Each year, the city recycles 1.6 million tonnes of waste batteries. CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-BATTERY RECYCLING CN LiuxJunxi PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
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Botree Cycling invests 100 million in Guben

Chinese battery recycling startup Botree decided to make the town of Guben its German site. So far, Botree Cycling has benefited from the high subsidies on the Chinese market. Now it wants to take advantage of the proximity to Tesla's Gigafactory in Gruenheide.

By Redaktion Table

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Agreement on battery regulation: What will now change

The Commission, Parliament and Council finished their negotiations on the new battery regulation on Friday. It defines specific collection and recycling targets as well as due diligence obligations – and aims to make batteries the first product in the EU to be subject to a binding carbon footprint.

By Leonie Düngefeld

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Global Gateway: EU initiative looks for projects

The Global Gateway Initiative is intended to be Europe's answer to the New Silk Road. For this purpose, the head of the EU Commission will meet for the first time with the EU foreign ministers to evaluate the situation. So far, there is a lack of partner countries and concrete projects. According to Table.Media information, the conservative German CDU party is calling on the German government to play a greater role in the initiative.

By Amelie Richter

Die Teilnehmer der Proteste waren vor allem junge Menschen.
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Beijing after the protests: arrests and changes

Just days after the white paper protests, the government gave in and abandoned zero-Covid. The success shows the protesters: change is possible. But before Xi Jinping's power starts to show cracks, a lot would have to happen.

By Marcel Grzanna

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Global Gateway: EU initiative looks for projects

The Global Gateway Initiative is intended to be Europe's answer to the New Silk Road. For this purpose, the head of the EU Commission will meet for the first time with the EU foreign ministers to evaluate the situation. So far, there is a lack of partner countries and concrete projects. According to Table.Media information, the conservative German CDU party is calling on the German government to play a greater role in the initiative.

By Amelie Richter