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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.

By Experts Table.Briefings

With resource conservation against global environmental crises

At least half of all greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the extraction and processing of resources. Circular economy can limit consumption – a decisive but often overlooked lever in climate action and nature protection. At their meeting in Japan, the G7 environment ministers are working to change that.

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Bundesumweltministerin Steffi Lemke.

With resource conservation against global environmental crises 

At least half of all greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the extraction and processing of resources. A circular economy can limit consumption – a decisive but often overlooked lever in climate action and nature protection. At their meeting in Japan, the G7 environment ministers are working to change that.

By Experts Table.Briefings

What's cooking in Brussels? Belgian bickering

Next year, Belgium will take over the Presidency of the Council of the EU. The Council Presidency not only coincides with the European elections – but also with elections in its own country. It is already evident in the EU's climate dossiers that Belgian national politics are anything but harmonious.

By Claire Stam

Manuel Müller erstellt seit 2014 regelmäßig Sitzprojektionen zur Europawahl.

'If the European elections were on Sunday …'

Ahead of the European elections in May 2024, Table.Media will publish a projection on the composition of the next European Parliament about every six weeks from now on. Political scientist Manuel Müller will create it, using the results of opinion polls from 27 member states.

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The gaps in German climate policy

Even after the agreement reached by the coalition committee, the German government's climate action plans leave many questions unanswered. Germany needs a comprehensive long-term strategy to achieve its climate targets – but there is no such strategy. The German Science Platform Climate Protection (WPKS) explains which points it should include.

By Redaktion Table

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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