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Robots are to mass produce test-tube pigs

Chinese researchers have developed a process that allows cloning pigs via machines. Once ready for mass production, this technology could allow China to become less dependent on imports. This could set the country's agricultural economy on a high-tech path far different from what is envisioned in Europe.

By Frank Sieren

Foreign companies lose importance

China’s self-sufficiency ambitions, changes in local consumer tastes, and increase in local competencies will change how the Chinese government sees the utility and the replaceability of foreign companies in the market​

By Redaktion Table

New data regulations drive out western apps

China is the world's largest Internet market. But it remains closed to many western providers. In recent months, more apps and online service providers have shut down. Censorship, new laws and regulations, and high costs are believed to be the cause.

By Nico Beckert