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German AfD leader is a Chinese-speaking economist with foreign partner

Alice Weidel is the chancellor candidate for the Alternative for Germany and has a Sri Lankan-born partner.
Weidel speaks fluent English and Mandarin, having obtained a doctorate in economics in China.
Political analysts suggest her profile adds liberal respectability to the AfD, which is seen as antidemocratic by authorities.
The AfD has gained support amid rising anti-migration sentiment and frustration with the current government.

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German far-right leader is a Chinese-speaking economist with foreign partner

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a male-dominated, anti-immigration party that depicts itself as a defender of traditional family values and ordinary people.

11 hours ago·United Kingdom

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Al Jazeera

Alice Weidel: The far-right leader shaping Germany’s AfD

As Germany heads to the polls, a look at the politician cultivating the anti-immigrant party’s ‘image of competence’.

12 hours ago·Qatar

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Asharq AL-awsat

German Far-Right Leader Is a Chinese-Speaking Economist

17 hours ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Deccan Herald

Who is German far-right leader Alice Weidel, a Chinese-speaking economist with foreign partner?

Weidel's unusual profile, however, is precisely what makes her an asset to the AfD, say political analysts, lending a veneer of well-heeled liberal respectability to a party that is suspected by authorities of being antidemocratic.

19 hours ago·Karnataka, India

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The Straits Times

German far-right leader is a Chinese-speaking economist with a Sri Lankan-born partner

She has been described both as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and as the “adult in the room”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

21 hours ago·Singapore

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U.S. News

German Far-Right Leader Is a Chinese-Speaking Economist With Foreign Partner

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1 day ago·New York, United States

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