Chinese Communist Party

Mobike leads to new investigation of Meituan

By Marcel Grzanna

China’s New Deed Tax Law: What Does it Mean for Businesses?

By Redaktion Table

Green stocks are this year's big winner

When it comes to China's stock markets, there is often talk of a bloodbath. However, it was mainly Chinese internet companies that went downhill while producers of solar cells, wind power and electric cars are experiencing a boom.

By Redaktion Table

'When it comes to data protection, the genie is out of the bottle'

Matthias Schroeder, a Beijing-born German lawyer, talks about Chinese lawmakers who feel above their own laws, on different senses of justice between Germans and Chinese, and on the relationship between state and society. In his opinion, the new data protection law will bring about a decisive change for China. Frank Sieren spoke with Schroeder.

By Frank Sieren

Three-child policy: China's planners cut chives

China's leadership has never changed its policy this quickly. Last Friday, the People's Congress allowed China's women to give birth to three children. Fears of a population decline, rapid aging and a shortage of young workers tipped the scales in favor of the radical departure from its former one-child society. But China's censors are now hardly able to suppress outrage among the population: If China now faces a low birthrate, why was there a need for cruel coercion in the past?

By Table.Briefings

Beijing wants to put a price tag on the environment

China wants to put a price tag on the environment. The idea behind it: If nature has a financial value, it is more likely to be protected. This not only has consequences for companies able to gain points for their environmental score, similar to the social credit system. But for the careers of Chinese officials, the preservation of "ecological goods" could also soon become just as important as economic growth – one of their responsibilities.

By Nico Beckert

PIPL: better protection of personal data

China's Congress has passed the first national data protection law. Beijing has not only recognized the urgency to dry up the black market that has grown around consumer data. The government also wants to clarify the hitherto open questions surrounding dominance in the business with data. Will the authorities prevail against the tech corporations?

By Ning Wang

"The U.S. and China will see a period of cold peace"

Li Mingjiang is one of the leading experts on Sino-American relations. In an interview with China.Table, he expresses pessimism: the relationship between both superpowers will not relax in the coming years. Li sees many ways in which both sides could ease tensions. But the US is currently overestimating its influence on China. After all, the CCP rules with a high degree of legitimacy. Marcel Grzanna spoke with Li Mingjiang.

By Marcel Grzanna

Xi targets billionaires

China's head of state Xi Jinping has proclaimed the fight against inequality. Forty years after Deng Xiaoping's liberal reforms, he sets a new course for the party: against the wealthy, for new opportunities for advancement. In this way, he wants to save the "Chinese dream."

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Qincheng – China's infamous prison

Numerous myths surround Qincheng Prison, located near Beijing. The political prison is reserved for party cadres fallen from grace – and is therefore not under the supervision of China's judiciary.

By Table.Briefings