When Henry Kissinger and his Chinese interlocutors found themselves in a diplomatic dead-end in the early 1970s, they visited the Temple of Heaven in Beijing – and immediately got back on track. And to this day, the once sacred place full of symbolism inspires astute analysis. Meanwhile, Kissinger, the mastermind of modern US policy towards China, despairs over the aggressive course the two superpowers have taken.
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Beijing's action against Didi appears to be just the beginning of a wider campaign to seize control of China's thriving tech sector. China's tech entrepreneurs are in for a rude awakening. Meanwhile, Washington's worries may have unfounded. The Chinese government seems to be doing everything in its power to lose its tech race with the US.
By Redaktion Table
How can manufacturers ensure the safety of self-learning products? Who is liable if damage does occur? The EU legislator must clarify numerous legally complicated questions in coherent laws and assist companies.
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Xi Jinping did not simply wear a Mao-style jacket at his party anniversary appearance, but one with the exact same cut and hue as the original. Our columnist personally knows the tailor who makes these updated versions of the politically charged garment. The master tailor talked about the special requests that head of state Hu Jintao once made for his Gala Mao jacket.
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The Chinese Communist Party's economic record is historically mixed. To be sure, its greatest strength is mobilizing resources to invest in public goods. And China has made great strides economically and socially in recent decades. But historical blunders show that the CCP's interventions can also have disastrous consequences.
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China has an increasingly worse stance in German politics. Back in the 1970s, however, there was a competition to see which politician and campaigner would be received by Mao – and how long the talks would last. Back then, going to China was considered a sign of foreign policy relevance. A time that now seems like a distant memory – especially since it has been the source of many curious anecdotes, the likes of which would be unthinkable today.
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China's continuous rise is a cause of growing concern for the West. What is particularly irritating is that this rise has been achieved in a country where a Communist Party has ruled for more than seven decades – without free elections, freedom of speech and press, an independent judiciary, and protection of human rights as we know them. The Party is now celebrating its 100th birthday and is enjoying popularity like never before.
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Xi Jinping is giving the Communist Party a magnificent museum full of symbols to mark its centenary on July 1 – and immortalizing himself in the process.
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The Chinese government is working at full speed on the "money of the future" – the digital renminbi. They do not want to leave the field to commercial payment providers and want to retain access to valuable data on payment flows. The US central bank, the Fed, has seen a little rush to introduce an e-currency so far. The ECB, on the other hand, wants to decide on the e-euro this summer but still has some problems.
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The idea of a Cold War II between the West and China has quickly evolved from a misleading analogy into a self-fulfilling prophecy. But contemporary China is nothing like the Soviet Union, and in today's world, we simply cannot afford another clash of mutually exclusive systems.
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