According to a joint study by the research institute Merics and the Rhodium Group, mergers and acquisitions by Chinese companies in the EU continue to decline. This is partly because of the Chinese state. Foreign acquisitions are no longer as desirable as they were five years ago. But EU countries, for their part, are also increasingly wary and call for closer scrutiny of deals. The political climate is doing its bit to scare off investors.
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China's EV market is growing rapidly. The People's Republic is facing the question of how to deal with the increasing amount of used batteries earlier than other countries. This is because old batteries are extremely harmful to the environment. The powerful Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has now held the manufacturers responsible once again and calls for more attention to recycling.
Von Frank Sieren
Anyone who wants to understand today's China must understand Deng Xiaoping. The gap between rich and poor, how a communist party can remain in force in one of the most capitalist countries in the world, the crisis of values in society – all this is related to him.
Von Felix Lee
As the Communist Party of China prepares to mark its centennial on July 1, the poor longevity record of other dictatorial parties in modern times should give its leaders cause for worry. If the CPC is not on the right track with its neo-Maoist revival, its upcoming milestone maybe its last.
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Dass die KPCh in diesem Sommer ihren 100. Geburtstag begeht, ist eine Seltenheit in der Kategorie autoritärer Parteien. In anderen Ländern der Welt hielt das Modell nicht einmal annähernd ein Jahrhundert. Der immer weiter zunehmende Personenkult um Xi Jinping und Nordkorea als politisches Vorbild werden es der Partei jedoch schwer machen, den nächsten Meilenstein zu erreichen.
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