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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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Benner, Thorsten zu Zwangsarbeitsvorwürfen und Kommunikation deutscher Unternehmen

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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Lili Yan Ing

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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Johnny Erling

Beijing farce: Turning forests back into fields

Deng Xiaoping's pragmatic agricultural policy, which allowed peasants to return to tenancy systems after Mao's Cultural Revolution, brought hundreds of millions of Chinese an economic miracle that allowed them to overcome their bitter poverty. A narrative that is partly true. However, this also happened at the expense of the people's uncertainty as to when the next change of course in the party would jeopardize what had been achieved.

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Der Jurist, Professor und ehemalige Datenschutzbeauftragte Hamburgs, Johannes Caspar.

AI Regulation in the EU: between algorithm hype and doomsday

Artificial intelligence is dividing society. That makes it all the more important to find clear rules, says Johannes Caspar, author, Professor of Law and former Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner. He sees no reason to deride the EU as a "regulatory world champion" because of its AI law. Rather, the Europeans must use the initiative to set the course for a humane future.

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SONY DSC

In the web of 'influence operations'

German media see Chinese "influence operations" at work in many places. Many fear the infiltration of our democracy by the People's Republic; the chances of constructive cooperation are increasingly being overshadowed, and its advocates are being defamed.

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What's cooking in Brussels? Green Deal as a political pawn

One year before the European elections, the strategy of the conservative EPP group is becoming increasingly visible: It wants to prevent as much of the Green Deal as possible. And in doing so, it is scoring one victory after another. On June 15, in the ENVI Committee, it could win another battle.

By Claire Stam

Xi's China remains unpredictable

Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People’s Republic who wish to remain anonymous. Today's article looks at the increasing opacity of Chinese politics and society, making China particularly unpredictable in an unpredictable world.

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