Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future. From his base in the heart of Europe, Schmitz has covered Germany's levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of right-wing nationalist politics in Poland and creeping Chinese government influence inside the Czech Republic.
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Major US companies from food giants to fashion brands are increasing their bets on China’s huge market in anticipation of Chinese consumers’ willingness to spend their excess savings and a quick rebound for the world’s second-biggest economy after China optimized COVID-19 management.
When we first moved to North Central Idaho, we purchased a historic building on Main Street in downtown Pierce. We lived in the recently renovated upstairs apartment, awakening in the