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Yu Yongding

The road back to growth in China

China is not fully exploiting its growth potential. With the right measures, it could develop even better. The government is acting overcautiously, especially in fiscal policy. More growth would require carefully planned and prudently financed infrastructure investments. China still has a need for this.

By Experts Table.Briefings

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How TikTok wants to save its US business

The Chinese video platform TikTok is struggling with a lot of criticism in the US - and for survival. Does the unprecedented Project Texas offer a solution for all involved? In Germany, cyber experts are also warning of data abuse and state propaganda by TikTok and its parent company ByteDance.

By Marcel Grzanna

August 2, 2022, Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine: National flags of China and Ukraine are on display at a restaurant, amid growing concerns on whether Beijing would learn its lessons from the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the matter of rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait, as United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan...Formal diplomatic ties between Kyiv and Beijing were built in 1992. But China has refused to condemn Russia s invasion of Ukraine while pressuring Washington to refrain from deepening ties with Taiwan, a self-governing island that Beijing sees as its sovereignty. Kyiv Ukraine - ZUMAs313 20220802_zip_s313_004 Copyright: xDanielxCengxShou-Yix

Li Hui in Kyiv: doubts about Beijing's intentions

China's special envoy Li Hui has arrived in Kyiv on a two-day visit. Behind closed doors, he now wants to start mediating in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Numerous signs point to more serious efforts toward peace. However, skepticism remains high in the West.

By Felix Lee