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Biontech – between Beijing and Taipei

Is Biontech upsetting its Chinese partner company Fosun right now? The vaccine manufacturer has agreed in principle to negotiate supplies directly with Taiwan. It already has a supply agreement via the mainland.

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Hong Kong's brain drain

"Emigrating to Taiwan" is one of the most searched terms on Google-Hong Kong. The emigration trend is now also measurable. Many Hong Kong Chinese are applying for residency in the UK, Canada – and Taiwan. They fear negative repercussions from the security law and are looking for reassurance. Taiwan, however, is no paradise for immigrants.

By Frank Sieren

Dolkun Isa: activist threatened by Beijing

Beijing is also massively intimidating regime critics abroad. The targets of the attacks include exiled Uyghurs campaigning for self-determination for their people in Xinjiang. Beijing accuses the activist Dolkun Isa of planning bomb attacks. But an international manhunt has never been sufficiently substantiated. German authorities have no suspicions against the man.

By Marcel Grzanna

Qiushi – the mouthpieve of Xi-ism

How can useful information be gleaned from party media to assess the situation in China? In the past, sinologists understood the art of being alchemists of language who could still dig gold out of lead deserts full of stupid propaganda. They only had to discover the paragraph that began with "danshi" (but). Here the new information was hiding. After the relaunch of the ZK theory magazine "Qiushi," a new source opened up.

By Antje Sirleschtov

China as a partner with duties

Today, the European Commission will present its new trade strategy. The reorganization is necessary because the challenges it faces have become more diverse. The guidelines are not least important about China, the EU's largest trading partner – while Beijing is a possible partner on some points, ideas are far apart on others.

By Amelie Richter