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Christiane Kühl

Christiane Kühl Published: November 10th, 2022

China willing to make loss and damage payments

China is willing to participate in a financial mechanism to compensate for loss and damage caused by climate change. As Reuters reports, Chinese special climate envoy Xie Zhenhua announced at COP27 on Wednesday. According to the report, Xie said, “It is not the obligation of China but we are willing to make our contribution and […]

Christiane Kühl Published: November 9th, 2022

WTO pushes for trade agreement for green products

The World Trade Organization (WTO) wants to revive negotiations on a global environmental trade agreement. “You need to have a friendly trade regime for renewables and other environmentally-friendly products,” WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told Reuters news agency on the sidelines of the climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh.The WTO’s rationale:Tariffs on fossil fuel products are lower […]

Christiane Kühl Published: November 8th, 2022

Editorial 9.11.2022

As if the relationship between the EU and China was not already critical enough: It was now revealed that a minor, albeit symbolic, incident at the opening of a trade fair in Shanghai caused a stir: A pre-recorded videotaped speech by EU Council President Charles Michel was not broadcasted at the opening of the Shanghai […]

Christiane Kühl Published: November 2nd, 2022

Feisty foreign policy

When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lands in China on Friday, he will find a country where diplomacy is defined by competition, struggle and pithy words. Leading Chinese foreign policy officials at the recently concluded Communist Party Congress sparked a fearless “fighting spirit” in the country’s diplomacy. (China.Table reported).The days are over when China and the […]

Christiane Kühl Published: October 30th, 2022

Where is Hu?

A week after the incident involving former CP leader Hu Jintao, the world is still puzzled: Why was the 79-year-old suddenly led out of the hall in front of the lenses of international camera crews at the start of the final session of the Party Congress? Was it a planned show of force by Xi, […]

Christiane Kühl Published: October 23rd, 2022

Xi’s loyalist Politburo

It is the moment everyone has been waiting for. Led by Xi, the seven top cadres step into the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People on Sunday morning Beijing time to face the waiting journalists, who had quarantined themselves for two days for this sight. And it immediately becomes clear to the […]

Christiane Kühl Published: October 6th, 2022

Editorial Human Rights 07.10.22

There will be no debate before the United Nations on China’s human rights violations in Xinjiang . The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva rejected a proposal to that effect by mainly Western countries on Thursday. So China has prevailed once again, as you can read in our news on the topic.When calls to prayer […]

Christiane Kühl Published: October 4th, 2022

Edi 5.10.2022

First off, we wish all readers in China a wonderful Golden Week and a few relaxing days!Because of zero-Covid, the Chinese population is once again urged not to travel during this year’s vacation season. The pandemic still defines the everyday life of many people and companies. Bettina Schoen-Behanzin, the representative of the Freudenberg Group in […]

Christiane Kühl Published: September 27th, 2022

CP Congress: who will move up – who must go?

Who are Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Hu Chunhua or Chen Min’er? Never heard of them? That may be because China’s political system currently revolves mainly around Xi Jinping – state and party leader for the last ten years and who knows, maybe the next ten or more. The four mentioned above rank among the most […]

Christiane Kühl Published: September 22nd, 2022

Chinas Exporte von Solarmodulen nach Europa sind in diesem Jahr sprunghaft angestiegen. Von Januar bis Juli 2022 lieferten Hersteller des Landes Fotovoltaik-Module mit einer Gesamtkapazität von 51,5 Gigawatt nach Europa. Das seien 25,9 Prozent mehr als im gesamten Jahr 2021, berichtet das Wirtschaftsmagazin Caixin unter Berufung auf Daten des Energie-Beratungsunternehmens Infolink Consulting. Der Handel der […]