Behind closed doors, the trial of Chang Weiping, a human rights lawyer arrested in 2020, began Tuesday in the northwestern Chinese city of Baoji. Chang had spent many years advocating for the disadvantaged in China’s society – including HIV-infected people and members of the LGBTQ community – and had increasingly drawn the ire of the […]
It was an unusual protest. In Shanghai’s Jingan district, dozens of white-clad pandemic workers, popularly known as “Big Whites,” took to the streets to demand their unpaid wages: “Give us our hard-earned money!” they chanted; videos of the protest circulated on social media. The video and the unpaid wages have not been officially confirmed – […]
Like every five years in the early summer, the great speculation begins: Who will take which post at the upcoming Party Congress of China’s communists? Technically, the old guard around Party leader Xi Jinping would have to step down at the 20th Party Congress in October – everyone who is 68 years or older. Xi […]
Russia sells less oil to the EU and the USA. But the black gold is still flowing unchecked elsewhere. According to Russian statistics, the export volume, which initially collapsed as a result of the US embargo, has now returned to pre-war levels. President Vladimir Putin has Asia to thank for this: According to S&P Global, […]
Decarbonization is the order of the day – and that also applies to European companies in China. They are under pressure from their headquarters: Most large companies have set group-wide emissions targets, and their China sites are not expected to jeopardize them. As a result, they must rapidly reduce their emissions of harmful gasses in […]
As part of his trip to Asia, US President Joe Biden traveled from Korea to Japan on Sunday. Today, (Monday), he will pay his respects to Emperor Naruhito before meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida and Biden are expected to discuss, among other things, Japan’s plans to expand its military capabilities in response to […]
Beijing continues to tremble in fear about a potential lockdown. With Haidian, a third district in the capital urged people to work from home with immediate effect. The other two are Chaoyang and Fangshan. On Saturday night, more than 13,000 residents of the Nanxinyuan settlement in southeast Beijing were also shuttled to quarantine centers despite […]
In Australia, the Labor Party of top candidate Anthony Albanese won the election – after an election campaign in which China policy played an unusually large role. (China.Table reported). Incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison already admitted defeat on Saturday night. Albanese is to be sworn into office today (Monday).Both parties generally advocated a hard line […]
Resignation spreads among international companies in China. In the short term, there is no sign of a departure from the zero-Covid policy, nor of a way out of the cycle of recurring outbreaks. Instead of a major vaccination campaign, the government plans to blanket all cities with a dense network of “PCR testing kiosks”. Without […]
When he became Prime Minister in 2019, Scott Morrison was a foreign policy newcomer. And he was immediately faced with unprecedented challenges – a confident China, for example, and the growing rivalry between the rising People’s Republic and the United States. Now, Morrison warns that this is not the time to put power in the […]
