Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF's Managing Director since 2019, has been a bold leader in confronting the economic fallout of the pandemic, as well as in positioning the Fund as a global pioneer on climate change. The efforts now underway to remove her are not only unjust, but could hamstring the Fund's management for years to come.
Von Redaktion Table
For years, the "Pillar of Shame" has stood in Hong Kong to commemorate the bloody suppression of the 1989 democracy movement in Beijing. With the introduction of the National Security Law, supporters of the Beijing regime finally see their chance to ban the memorial from the city. But its creator already has new plans for the artwork.
Von Michael Radunski
Die Batterie wird zunehmend zum Herzstück moderner Autos. Chinesischen Herstellern gelingt es immer häufiger, die globalen Maßstäbe bei E-Auto-Batterien zu setzen. Besonders bei der Lithium-Eisenphosphat-Batterie (LFP) trumpfen die Hersteller aus der Volksrepublik auf. Auch dank staatlicher Industriepolitik.
Von Frank Sieren