She actually did it: Despite all the warnings and crisis scenarios, Nancy Pelosi flew to Taiwan on Tuesday – with the whole world watching. Hundreds of thousands across the globe, and at times as many as 30 million people in China, followed on online flight trackers how the US Air Force Boeing with Pelosi on […]
China aims to peak carbon emissions in the industrial sector between 2026 and 2029. This was revealed in a newly published plan by the Ministry of Industry and Environment and central planning authorities, wrote China expert Lauri Myllyvirta of the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air on Twitter on Tuesday. However, the plan […]
The EV manufacturer NIO plans to open its first EU plant in September. This was reported by the financial magazine Caixin, citing a company source. The plant in the city of Pest in Hungary will be 10,000 square meters in size and is expected to produce charging stations and battery swap stations for European customers, […]
Sentiment in the Chinese economy is deteriorating again. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector surprisingly slumped again in July, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Sunday. Bloomberg reports that it fell from 50.2 to just 49.0, meaning that the indicator is now once again pointing […]
Debris from a Long March 5B launch vehicle launched July 24 crashed early Sunday morning near Southeast Asia. The Chinese space agency reported coordinates Sunday for the impact area in the Sulu Sea, just under 60 kilometers off the east coast of the Philippine island of Palawan, according to AFP. “Most of the components will […]
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has left for her eagerly anticipated Asia trip. Whether she will make a stop in Taiwan remained unclear at press time. On Sunday, the politician’s office announced stopovers in Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. No word on Taiwan. “Our delegation will hold high-level meetings […]
The successful author and sinologist Stephan Thome has lived in Taiwan for the past 12 years. He writes novels with a local perspective, and most recently published “Pflaumenregen” (Plum Rain) a book set during the period of Japanese colonial rule over the island. Interviewed by Fabian Peltsch, Thome talks about how he experiences the current […]
Power generation and production in China’s photovoltaic sector surged in the first half of 2022. Between January and June, nearly 31 gigawatts (GW) of photovoltaic capacity were installed for power generation, an increase of 137.4 percent over the same period last year. This was reported by Xinhua, citing the China Photovoltaic Industry Association. Production in […]
US President Joe Biden and China’s state and party leader Xi Jinping may talk later this week. Biden held out the prospect on Monday (US local time). “That’s my expectation, but I’ll let you know when that gets set up,” Biden said when asked by reporters about a conversation this week. Biden and Xi had […]
Lucky are those who have access to a beach in the current heat wave – like here in the bay of the small village of Shek O in the rocky southeast of Hong Kong Island. The bay is one of the most beautiful in the Special Administrative Region, framed by cliffs and overlooking the open […]
