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Frank Bickenbach und Wan-Hsin Liu

Dwindling attractiveness accelerates decoupling

Covid-19 is not the only reason why foreign workers are currently migrating from China; the region has also lost some of its appeal due to political developments. At the same time, expats are increasingly replaced by Chinese forces. This also has advantages. But the bottom line is that it hinders international exchange and reduces team diversity.

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Media Freedom Act: Verdenhalven & Meistermann (BDZV)

Media Freedom Act: Is Brussels abolishing press freedom?

The Commission wants to create a kind of supervisory authority for the media at EU level as part of the Media Freedom Act, criticize Helmut Verdenhalven and Philippe Meistermann of the BDZV. In doing so, it is breaking with central principles of press freedom.

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Johnny Erling

Collector of hidden treasures

After the end of the Mao era, flea markets in China became secret treasure troves of astonishing contemporary testimonies – from political pamphlets and regime-critic pamphlets to original photographs of foreign state guests. Some of the rare collectibles came from the Chinese authorities themselves.

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Arshak-Makichyan

Russia's war belongs on the climate agenda

Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is exacerbating the climate crisis – but this hardly matters at COP27. Those who stand up for the environment in authoritarian Russia live in danger. If the world really wants to protect the climate, it cannot ignore these issues, according to Arshak Makichyan.

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Arshak-Makichyan

Russlands Krieg gehört auf die Klima-Agenda

Russlands Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine verschärft die Klimakrise – doch auf der COP27 spielt das kaum eine Rolle. Wer sich im autoritären Russland für die Umwelt einsetzt, lebt in Gefahr. Will die Welt das Klima wirklich schützen, darf sie das nicht ignorieren, schreibt Arshak Makichyan.

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Stephanie Richter und Dr. Patrick Vincent von Taylor Wessing

Dark Patterns: Die dunkle Seite der Cookies

Cookie-Banner und Einwilligungen sind seit Jahren ein politischer und rechtlicher Zankapfel. Umstrittene Beeinflussungstechniken, die sogenannten Dark Patterns, sorgten zuletzt für gesetzgeberische Aktivität. Was wahrscheinlich verboten ist, worauf Betreiber vor dem Hintergrund des DSA künftig achten müssen und wie die Debatte abrupt enden könnte.

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Stephanie Richter und Dr. Patrick Vincent von Taylor Wessing

Dark patterns – the dark side of cookies

Cookie banners and consent have been a political and legal bone of contention for years. Controversial influencing techniques, the so-called dark patterns, caused legislative activity most recently. Read what is likely to be prohibited, what operators will have to watch out for in the future against the backdrop of the DSA, and how the debate could end abruptly.

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Lipowsky, Frank

Die acht Punkte guter Lehrerfortbildung

Lehrer müssen sich fortbilden, um ihren Unterricht zu verbessern. Forscher haben herausgefunden, wie gute Weiterbildungen aufgebaut sind. Der Erziehungswissenschaftler Frank Lipowsky stellt acht Merkmale wirksamer Lehrerfortbildung vor – und fordert mehr Kooperation mit Universitäten.

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Will the digital yuan become an international model?

While the geopolitical focus on China currently revolves around US-China tensions, semiconductors and Covid restrictions, China’s central bank has been silently pushing another project of potentially geopolitical significance. Since 2020, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has been conducting trials for a “Central Bank Digital Currency” (CBDC), experimenting with various e-CNY digital payment applications for restaurant, entertainment and public services. However, whether this centralized solution can aid China’s ambitions to influence international payment systems remains in question.

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