Xi Jinping

'Xi Jinping now gathered all the yes-men'

Joerg Wuttke, President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, considers Xi Jinping's new leadership team an echo chamber without any objections. For Xi, security and stability are now more important than market economy and innovation. For this very reason, he believes it is now more important than ever to speak with China. He considers Chancellor Olaf Scholz's visit to Beijing, as well as the sale of shares in the Port of Hamburg, to be sensible and important. Frank Sieren spoke with Wuttke.

By Frank Sieren

Where is Hu?

At the end of the Party Congress, former General Secretary Hu Jintao was escorted out of the hall. No public statements have been made since. So a debate rages: Is Hu ill or suffering from dementia? Or did Xi demonstratively have his ill-favored predecessor and his supporters publicly eliminated?

By Christiane Kuehl

Xi and his fear of free questions

Power has changed Xi Jinping. Whereas he used to give candid interviews, every encounter with the press is now carefully scripted down to the last detail. This was also evident at the recent People's Congress, where he presented himself to the public as the personified power of the CP.

By Experts Table.Briefings

Xi's third term: Climate policy is important, but growth is paramount

China's President Xi Jinping is about to serve a third term as head of state. Under him, climate policy became important in the country with the highest carbon emissions. Emissions have been curbed and renewables greatly expanded. But experts doubt that the green transformation will happen faster in the future. Both growth pressure and the coal lobby are too strong, and internal and international crises are too dominant.

By Nico Beckert

'Xi breaks with key lessons from the Cultural Revolution'

Sinologist Daniel Leese analyzes the recently concluded 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and Xi's speech for China.Table. His verdict: More than ever, China's strongman propagates the idea of a leader's party that must fight institutional weaknesses with an iron fist. The cult of personality, believed to have been overcome, is now seen as crucial to the fulfillment of Xi's "historic mandate": The resurgence of the nation.

By Experts Table.Briefings

Compliance between social credits and growing regulation

The concept of corporate compliance is still relatively new in China. The government uses it as a tool against corruption and nepotism. What challenges does this pose for companies?

By Experts Table.Briefings

The consequences of the new leadership for the economy: 3 theses

Xi Jinping gathered six yes-men around him in the Standing Committee. Nevertheless, each member brings his own profile to the table. The first predictions indicate tough times ahead for trade policy – and the German economy.

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Premier-designate Li Qiang: The enforcer

By Marcel Grzanna

Xi's loyalist Politburo

The CP's power center, the Politburo Standing Committee, is now staffed exclusively by Xi loyalists. The final day was overshadowed by an incident surrounding the 79-year-old former Party leader Hu Jintao: The frail-looking Hu was escorted out of the hall shortly after the start of the meeting – for unknown reasons.

By Christiane Kuehl

Peng Liyuan – China's dutiful first lady

By Redaktion Table