Fan cult: Why AfD election frontrunner Alice Weidel is celebrated like a star in China

In China, 阿丽丝-魏德尔 (Ālìsī Wèidé'ěr) is a star. "My uncle called me the other day and excitedly asked if she would be Germany's new chancellor," says a Chinese IT student in Berlin, who does not want her name to be published and wants to be called Maxine Zhou here. "She perfectly fits the nationalistic and strict image of a politician, which is one of the favorite types of conservative Chinese." [...]

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China courts Germany's far-right populist AfD

The far-right populist Alternative for Germany party rejects a values-based foreign policy, just as much as it rejects NATO and the US. That approach has attracted the attention of Beijing.

But there is more, a quick research reveals a lot of resources about this party's China and Russia connection.

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Marriage of Convenience: How European Far-Right and Far-Left Discovered China

European far-right and far-left political parties, though ideologically opposed, are finding common ground in their alignments with China, echoing Beijing’s narratives and raising concerns about foreign influence and manipulation.