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China is taking relations with Africa to a new level. A Chinese spaceport is to be built in Djibouti, on the strategically important Horn of Africa, the first spaceport on the continent. And that at a time when Djibouti can no longer service its debts to China.
By Frank Sieren
Jörg Wuttke is not calling for less investment in China, but for a smart approach to the world's second-largest economy. This includes tougher negotiations with the leadership in Beijing. Red lines on the Taiwan issue should not be crossed, however. Finn Mayer-Kuckuk and Felix Lee spoke with the long-standing President of the EU Chamber of Commerce.
By Redaktion Table
Economic reforms have long led to the dismissal of the ideologies of the Chinese Communist Party as insignificant or irrational. A risky misconception, says Dr. Carolin Kautz, China expert at the University of Goettingen. After all, the party under Xi Jinping is consolidating its central claim to power with enormous pressure to be loyal and digital indoctrination more than ever.
By Experts Table.Briefings