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Taiwan is paying for Nancy Pelosi's visit with a series of Chinese naval drills near its coasts and with Chinese sanctions against its export sector. Taiwan's representative in Germany, Shieh Jhy-wey, says it was still worth it. For his country, it was a matter of survival. Moreover, the world has seen that Chinese threats are by no means always fulfilled. Marcel Grzanna spoke with Shieh.
By Marcel Grzanna
The government crackdown on privately owned companies and industries cannot stop the advance of China's private sector, a study by the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) shows. On the contrary, China's largest private companies are growing faster than their state-owned counterparts. However, the influence exerted by party cells within private companies is problematic.
By Frank Sieren