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Opinion

China's stunted transformation

For a long time, China's economic growth knew only one direction: steadily upward. But the People's Republic has been struggling for some time with a series of complex challenges that call the current growth model into question. The crisis in the real estate sector, the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, conflicts with the United States and extremely high youth unemployment are weighing on consumption and putting pressure on imports and exports.

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Beijing's thousand-year transformation

President Xi is working to fuse the CCP's previous Marxist ideology with China's national traditional culture in order to give Chinese socialism a new unique characteristic and justify its political path.

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Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi

After Macron's climate finance summit: More co-determination for Africa

At the Paris climate finance summit, African leaders made clear demands – and have been heard. With Zambia's debt restructuring and Senegal's partnership for a just energy transition, tangible progress was achieved. In the future, Africa must continue to have an equal seat at the table to ensure that the global financial system benefits all.

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Cooperation without exclusion

Research cooperation with scientists in China is not an end in itself. The participants pursue clear goals under previously agreed conditions. What do we want to achieve, and under what political conditions does the cooperation take place?

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Xayn-Co-Founder & CEO Leif-Nissen Lundbaek

The AI Act must also consider implementation

The trilogue for the AI Act has started. German AI start-ups like Xayn hope the EU will regulate artificial intelligence in a way that gives them the best chances for development. Xayn co-founder Leif-Nissen Lundbæk sees three major challenges for lawmakers.

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The lost honor of the China 'bridge builders'

Addressing interference and infiltration by the Chinese party-state is important. It is therefore appropriate that German media are increasingly covering this issue. This media coverage does not mean that advocates of Sino-German cooperation are outright condemned. On the contrary, Germany has excellent China journalism.

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Sweet or savory?

Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People’s Republic who wish to remain anonymous. Today's article is about the Dragon Boat Festival.

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ASEAN between the US and China

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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Klaus Welle war von 2009 bis Ende 2022 Generalsekretär des Europaparlaments.

Those who support integration are welcome in the EPP

Longtime EP Secretary General Klaus Welle analyzes that the dividing line between the camps of conservatives runs along the question of how they feel about European integration. Extreme forces that moderate toward the center must be supported – that is crucial for the stability of the political order in the EU.

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