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With its crackdown on entrepreneur Jack Ma and his Alibaba empire, the Chinese state is warning all entrepreneurs not to be too brash. In the long term, the country could pay a high price for it.
Von Marcel Grzanna
Australia and China are engaged in bitter political disputes. At the same time, both are joining the new RCEP free trade agreement. Can the trade agreement withstand these strains?
Von Frank Sieren
The Communist Party's promise to the population: By 2035, economic growth should double and prosperity increase. Now Xi Jinping is caught in the "middle-income trap" – between poverty reduction in the countryside and social problems in the cities.
Von Ning Wang
More and more Chinese state-owned enterprises are unable to repay their loans. But the state no longer wants to protect them – and is criticizing its rating agencies.
Von Frank Sieren
Mit dem gerade ans Netz gegangenen Atomreaktor Hualong One ist China auch als Anlagenbauer der Sprung ins Europageschäft gelungen. Im eigenen Land wollen die Hersteller unabhängig von ausländischen Zulieferern werden. Die Strategie: Das Land wird die Atomkraft massiv ausbauen – um so seine Klimaziele zu erreichen.
Von Christiane Kuehl