Dealing verbally with the People's Republic of China is a tightrope act, especially for large German corporations. They are not particularly adept at it, says political scientist Thorsten Benner. The most recent example is Siemens CEO Roland Busch, whose statements about forced labor in Xinjiang are now exploding in his face. Especially since they are not entirely sincere.
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At the Yingtai Pavilion, part of the old Beijing Imperial Palace, the lines of history cross in an unlikely fashion. It was in the setting of imperial splendor that Communist autocrat Mao met with Pu Yi, the deposed last emperor. Recently, Xi Jinping used the same location for a special meeting. And he spared no imperial symbolism for himself.
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From climate change and rising inequality to pandemics and the digital revolution, Michael Spence sees plenty of reasons for China and the US to work together in a way that would benefit both. Unfortunately, according to the economist, the contrary has happened. This casts a shadow over the current recovery and the future prosperity of the planet.
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After the climate conference in Glasgow, the Global South is in danger of no longer believing the promises of the industrialized countries on climate financing. This trust gap must be closed quickly, demands Susi Dennison of the European Council on Foreign Relations. She outlines ways in which the EU could meaningfully engage in the debate and explains the potential of green technologies.
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If the Green Deal is to succeed without the EU becoming increasingly dependent on third parties, it urgently needs to reform its state aid law, writes Michael Niese, managing director of the Wirtschaftsvereinigung Metalle, in his guest article.
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For months, the Chinese conglomerate Evergrande has attracted a lot of attention both within China and internationally due to its liquidity crisis. Market analysts, creditors and investors are asking: What triggered the downfall of such a large corporation? Will the Chinese government intervene? If so, in what way? How will this crisis unfold?
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Good socialists call each other "comrade." Don't they? In China, the term was long claimed by homosexuals. Now Xi Jinping has revived it – in the hope of reversing the decline in party discipline.
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Previous federal governments have tried out several variants to better coordinate digital policy. With the traffic light government, a different approach with distributed competences is now being chosen again, without a clear leader. Many changes are good, but whether the promised departure will succeed? Stefan Heumann explains the new distribution of competences in the federal government.
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For an equitable structural shift away from fossil fuels, the enormous gaps in climate protection measures must be closed – between what is necessary for a 1.5 degree path and what is currently being done and planned. Jörg Haas and Lili Fuhr of the Heinrich Böll Foundation provide an analysis.
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China's influence on reshaping global supply chains is growing with the pandemic. Concerned about losing access to key components from foreign countries, the People's Republic is increasingly relying on domestic innovation, manufacturing and demand. For multinationals whose investments or exports to China are considered critical by the Chinese government, it will become harder to do business in China as usual.
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