Our "China Perspective" column is written by authors from the People's Republic. Today's part deals with the question: How can 1.4 billion people be so docile? The Chinese endure absurd Covid lockdowns and restrictions on freedom without any objections. The answer lies partly in an education system that instills obedience into people. The other reason is much simpler and far more brutal: A fear of the authorities.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The "change through trade" strategy has proven ineffective when dealing with countries like Russia and China. The former head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, and the founder of Table.Media, Sebastian Turner, call for a preventive approach based on credible deterrence rather than punishment after crossing red lines.
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Shortly before the 20th CP Congress, China's head of state Xi Jinping is under more pressure than he has been in a long time. The tensions over Taiwan call for action of symbolic significance. Economically, a grab for Taiwan's semiconductor industry seems tempting. However, an invasion of the island for semiconductor and political motives would have fatal consequences for China.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Carbon farming aims to increase the carbon storage capacity of arable soils. To create economic incentives, the EU Commission plans a legal framework for the certification of these sink services. But what sounds like a good idea at first is ultimately the wrong approach, as Sarah Wiener writes in today's Opinion.
By Experts Table.Briefings
"Whim of the gods" is on the menu. Spanish MEP Isabel García Muñoz will present a report on the budget of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to the Parliament's Budget Committee on Monday. What may seem like a formality at first glance holds political dynamite.
By Claire Stam
In dictatorships like the one in China, people often live a double life. Cab drivers swear vocally about the government, but are strict CP members at the same time. In schools, Orwellian neologisms and doublespeak are widespread, words are attributed new meanings, and logic is often twisted. China is drifting into a "new form of totalitarianism" that does not use terror, but massively suppresses and kills debate.
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For four decades, rapid economic growth was the prime imperative of China's communist leaders. President Xi Jinping, by contrast, is prepared to forego growth in the interest of cementing the Party's political power and pursuing his Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Ajvar Balkan style: The effects of global warming in the Balkans are particularly felt in agriculture and energy generation. They exacerbate the high potential for destabilization in this already politically tense region of Europe. A tension that Brussels cannot ignore.
By Claire Stam
Our series “China Perspective” is written by authors from the People’s Republic. This first part looks at the view of Chinese citizens on the Taiwan issue. In China, people grow up with different ideas about the status of the island than their contemporaries in Western countries. Taiwan is regarded as part of the People’s Republic as a matter of course, and any other view is rejected. Moreover, this issue is highly emotionally charged.
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