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CO2 compensation: Impact of climate certificates significantly overestimated

CO₂-Kompensation: Wirkung von Klimazertifikaten deutlich überschätzt

Emission credits offset significantly less CO2 than previously assumed. This is the conclusion of a meta-study led by the Max Planck Institute. The experts call for fundamental reforms to the carbon markets.

Von Anna Gauto

Analysis

International students: Why tuition fees are being discussed again

Despite Covid and discussions about research safety, more than 40,000 Chinese students are still studying in Germany. Whether this is a sensible investment even without tuition fees is now increasingly being discussed.

Von Markus Weisskopf

Analysis

Missile test: What China's show of force in the Pacific means

For the first time since 1980, the People's Liberation Army has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific. The weapons test raises some worrying questions.

Von Redaktion

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Hanna Veiler – Commitment to young Jewish life in Europe

The chairwoman of the Jewish Student Union was named "Woman of Europe" last week. Find out how difficult it is for young Jews at German universities in our portrait of Hanna Veiler.

Von Leonard Schulz

Feature

Espionage in Germany creates a dilemma between openness and suspicion toward China

The case of the suspected spy Jian G. has sparked a debate about how to deal with citizens of Chinese origin in Germany. How can the balancing act between averting risks and a non-discriminatory integration policy be achieved? The German Association of University Professors and Lecturers sees a challenge for politicians.

Von Marcel Grzanna

Interview

'We are only tentatively building up China expertise'

As a newly appointed professor at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Philipp Boeing aims to research China from an economic perspective. Marcel Grzanna spoke to him about why this is urgently necessary.

Von Marcel Grzanna

News

Self-criticism after university lecture

The Hefei Normal University in the Anhui Province has suspended an associate professor after a suspected pro-Western lecture at a middle school. This was reported by the Chinese news portal The Paper (澎湃新闻).

Von Newsdesk

Feature

Research with China: criticism of central register proposal

The debate about the risks of research cooperation with Chinese partners is being conducted in detail among China experts. The idea of a possible central register is not well received by all, as researchers could become targets of the Chinese state apparatus.

Von Marcel Grzanna

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Marc Matten – understanding China's present through its past

Marc Matten's interest in China began with a visit to a flea market in the 1990s. While still in school, he stumbled across a book by Edgar Snow, the US journalist who recorded his encounter with Mao Zedong in the world-famous bestseller "Red Star Over China".

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Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik – Pioneer of modern China research

"I have spent a very significant part of my professional life making people aware of this repeatedly: You can't think of the world without China," says Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik. Since the mid-1970s, the now 68-year-old has been intensively involved with China.

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Sarah Eaton – proud co-founder of a China network

Sarah Eaton knows very well that certain encounters can change the course of entire lives. When she studied political science and Asian studies at a small university in her native Canada, she met Marilyn McCullough, an expert in modern Chinese history.

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