One of the biggest ticket box hits in Chinese movie theaters in 2024 is Her Story (好东西), a film carrying quite strong feminist messages. It is surprising that the film could make it into the cinema at all because feminism is something the Chinese authorities frown about and films are subject to the most strict […]
One year ago, on Dec. 19, 2023, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser signed a migration agreement in Tbilisi together with her Georgian counterpart Vakhtang Gomelauri. The changed political situation in Georgia now requires a look at the objectives pursued by the agreement and a reassessment with regard to political persecution.According to the German […]
Christmas is a time for family. However, this may also lead to conversations around the Christmas tree that are not always pleasant. So how can or should we react when uncles, aunts or other people sing the song of the grand climate conspiracy? Are there ways of successfully defending facts, debunking falsehoods and perhaps even […]
Taiwan, India, Indonesia, USA, Japan – to name just a few. In 2024, around 3.7 billion people in over 70 countries were able to cast their vote in national and supranational elections (such as the EU elections). While the People’s Republic of China did not participate in the super election year, the second-largest economy influenced […]
China’s GDP growth slowed during the first three quarters of 2024, from 5.3 percent to 4.7 percent to 4.6 percent, raising fears that the country would not achieve its annual growth target of around 5 percent. But the latest data suggest that China’s economy is finally turning the corner.Economic activity in China has been relatively […]
The European Commission is not considering changing European measures to cut CO2 emissions from cars, despite pressure from the EU’s largest political group to weaken the laws, Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra told Reuters on Thursday.The EPP has this week launched a campaign to weaken climate regulations, increasing pressure on Brussels from car manufacturers and national […]
Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of the borderless Schengen area on Jan. 1. The member states agreed to this on Thursday, as announced by the Hungarian EU Council Presidency. This became possible after Austria gave up its veto on Monday. “This step will not only benefit the people of Bulgaria and Romania, but […]
The origins of China’s nationalist ideology can be traced back to the political developments in the wake of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). After Japan defeated China, the Qing government was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki, pay a huge war indemnity, and cede Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. This event triggered an awakening […]
The changes in international relations and different perspectives between countries increasingly influence the decisions of Chinese emigrants and their country of choice. As a result, the importance of Germany for Chinese students and skilled workers is changing.Since 2019, the number of new Chinese students and specialists coming to Germany from all countries has been shrinking. […]
2024 was – once again – not an easy year for European social democracy. In the European elections, the S&D Group achieved its worst result ever and lost the option of forming center-left majorities in the European Parliament without the European People’s Party. At national level, the Social Democrats lost the Portuguese parliamentary elections in […]
