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The theme of the day: The "Silk Road" summit in China
In Beijing, the second summit on the gigantic infrastructure project "New Silk Road" started on Friday. The importance of the project is also reflected in the number of participants: Representatives from more than 100 countries traveled to the Chinese capital for this, including just under 40 heads of state and government. From Germany Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier participates. President Xi Jinping promised right from the start that there should be more cooperation, environmental protection and the fight against corruption in the future. Take him at his word, said Altmaier.
Xi launched the "New Silk Road" in 2013. China is financing a network of new ports, railways, roads and industrial parks in Asia, Africa and Europe. Critics warn that poor countries may find themselves in a "debt trap" and political dependency on Beijing. They also fear damage to the environment.
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Graphic of the routes of the "New Silk Road"
The guest of honor at the summit is Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistan has become one of China's most important partners - and is itself in an economically and politically difficult situation that relies on China. Find out more about the backgrounds here.
On the "silk road" summit Xi wants to polish up above all the bad image of its mega-project. But behind it is no real change of course: This is a rhetorical change that does not change much in the political will, analyzed SPIEGEL correspondent Bernhard Zand in the video. He demands in the current SPIEGEL: "The world must reconsider its relationship to Beijing." Here you read his wake up call.
A few weeks ago, I was in Cambodia myself to see what effect Beijing's billions of investments will have on people there. You can see the result in our multimedia reportage.
News: What you need to know today
- Confirmed by a large majority in office: FDP leader Christian Lindner was re-elected at the party congress with 86.64 percent of the delegates votes. In the previous election of the party leadership he had received 91 percent. The details.
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Christian Lindner at the 70th FDP federal party convention
- AfD at the top: Around 85 percent of all widespread contributions by German parties in the social network Facebook come from the "Alternative for Germany". Union, SPD, Greens, FDP and Left share the remaining 15 percent.
- German fraudster in New York convicted: The 28-year-old Anna Sorokin has brought her victims by a total of $ 275,000 to be able to act as a rich heir in the high society of the metropolis.
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Anna Sorokin, guilty impostor from Germany
- Change of mind: Bayern striker Thomas Müller has revised his opinion on the highly controversial penalty in the Cup semi-final against Werder Bremen. Actually, he had decided the decision was right, now he sees it differently.
The number of the day: 175,400
So many daycare centers are currently in Berlin, until 2021 it should be 193.00, to finally compensate for the shortage. Because despite the protests of angry parents last year, the care situation for young families in the capital has hardly improved. My colleague Lisa Duhm with the sobering balance.
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A boy and a girl are playing in a kindergarten on the floor
Opinion: The most discussed comments, interviews, essays
Change of strategy at IS: The attacks in Sri Lanka, in which more than 300 people died, mark a break with the patterns that once made the "Islamic State" great. "The act appears like a murderous act of absolute opportunism, we bomb because we can," writes my colleague Christoph Reuter in his analysis.
Is the big crisis threatening soon? Economists and politicians are stoically spreading the hope that the economy will pick up again soon - despite all the warning signals. For there are many indications that Germany's economy is currently in acute recessionary danger, writes Thomas Fricke in his column.
Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
A child should deepen the love of two people - but can also put them to the test. "Once the child is born, the partnership changes," says Paartherapeut Wolfgang Krüger. But it also becomes difficult when one partner does not share the other's desire to have a baby. The whole interview.
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Joe Biden in Delaware
What the Democrats have to offer: Joe Biden caused a stir with his announcement that he wants to compete for the post of US president. "We are fighting for the soul of this nation," he says. The competition among the Democrats - a total of 20 more have reported - to the presidential candidacy is heated, writes Christoph Scheuermann.
Turning point in Spain: After almost 40 years of national Catholic dictatorship, the country was considered immune to the ultra-right. But the Catalan crisis has meant that now the right-wing extremists can move into parliament. By Helene Zuber.
Painter, sculptor, anatomist, natural philosopher: Leonardo DaVinci died 500 years ago. SPIEGEL editor Ulrike Knöfel went on the trail of the life of a man who was boundlessly curious and innovative like no other. Here you can read the SPIEGEL cover story.
My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday
Tonight you could listen to music again. Several artists have released new songs this week, including Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen. Rammstein has also posted a new video after the controversial battle painting "Germany". My colleague Andreas Borcholte with the pop clips of the week.
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Scene from the video for "Radio" by Rammstein
I wish you a nice finishing time.
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Vanessa Steinmetz from the Daily Team
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