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A highly decorated scientist leaves the West and moves to Guangzhou. The Pawliszyn case raises uncomfortable questions about academic freedom, the brain drain, and China’s systematic recruitment of top Western talent.
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While Europe debates the cost of child care, China is planning a radical move: Preschool education is to be regulated by law for the first time. Is this a model that will set a precedent, or does it amount to government control from the cradle onward?
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An 86-year-old Frenchman is breaking a centuries-old silence. His family earned millions from the slave trade, and now he is publicly asking for forgiveness. A first with signal effect for all of Europe.
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Hong Kong's government intends to hold agency heads more strictly accountable in the future. However, a top advisor cautions that there is a fine line between efficiency and intimidation.
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80 years after the end of the war, the former warring parties maintain different cultures of remembrance. While Europe celebrates on May 8, Russia commemorates on May 9, and China has established several commemorative days. A look at the memorial politics of the great powers.
Read MoreAfter the interest rate shock caused by the Iran war, some major banks are lowering their mortgage rates. A faint glimmer of hope for home builders, or just a deceptive breather?
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A high-ranking advisory panel applauds Beijing's green transition and proposes an ambitious long-term strategy. But who sits on this panel, and what interests lie behind the praise?
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An ex-president, a socialist mayor, and a children's book called ‚Alone and Together‘. What looks like harmless PR is a strategic signal to both wings of American politics, with repercussions reaching as far as Europe.
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More than one in three young men in the United Kingdom are living with their parents again. What appears to be a British problem has long since become a European time bomb, and Austria is part of it.
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More than one in three young men between the ages of 20 and 34 still lives with their parents, a record high in almost two decades. What is being sold as personal failure is in truth the symptom of a system that systematically prevents young people from growing up.
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