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