The opening words alone tell the reader all about the mood: “Although Europe and China already sit at opposite ends of a shared continent, it seems they are drifting further and further apart,” writes EU Chamber President Joerg Wuttke in this year’s position paper of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China. The paper’s central […]
In April, fighting between Ukrainian and Russian soldiers destroyed a sunflower oil mill owned by Chinese food company Cofco Group near the now largely destroyed port city of Mariupol. A Cofco grain terminal in the city of Mykolaiv faced destruction but was ultimately spared. These incidents first revealed to the West how much China has […]
The mystery of where Xi Jinping is headed on his first foreign visit since the start of 2020 has now been solved. Recent speculation pointed to Saudi Arabia. A hoax, as is now clear. Instead, China’s president and party leader is traveling to Central Asia. On Wednesday, Xi will be in Kazakhstan; from there he […]
Ten years ago in November, seven men stepped before the journalists gathered in the Great Hall of the People: The new Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, led by Xi Jinping – followed by the current Premier Li Keqiang and five other members. It was the end of the 18th […]
China’s military is increasingly crossing the invisible line between the mainland and Taiwan. On Thursday alone, Taiwan’s military observed 23 Chinese fighter jets on its side of the unofficial border. In previous days, fighter jets flew maneuvers over the line. In addition, dozens of aircraft and several warships have traversed the waters near Taiwan over […]
The One-China principle is omnipresent in every official statement on Taiwan policy and is a standard part of diplomatic interaction with China. In the heated situation following the visit of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, to Taipei, however, it has once again become clear that all parties involved – China, Taiwan […]
The situation in Afghanistan has apparently developed differently than many observers expected a year ago. It was believed that China would step in to fill the vacuum left by the withdrawal of the US and its allies. Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with a group of Taliban leaders in Tianjin in late July 2021. They […]
Densely overgrown mountains characterize the border area between the Chinese provinces of Hubei and Henan. It is precisely there – between the Yangtze River and its tributary the Han River – where the gigantic system for south-north water transfer, which has been covering the drinking water needs of the north for years, is to be […]
China’s diplomats sometimes speak quite a different language. The ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, who appears radical even among brisk wolf warriors, announced twice in recent days that the Taiwanese, misguided by the US and their government, would first have to be re-educated after a conquest: “I’m sure that as long as they are re-educated, […]
Japan probably did not expect to be so directly affected by Pelosi’s visit to Taipei before the Chinese maneuvers began. However, on the very first day of Chinese military operations around Taiwan last Thursday, at least five missiles landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which is what the ocean within 200 nautical miles of […]
