China has set conditions for cooperation with the USA on climate change. Washington cannot be allowed to try and curb China’s development on the one hand – and push for cooperation on the other, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a visit by US climate envoy John Kerry to Tianjin on Thursday. Wang accused President […]
China likes to think big, not small. And so it hardly comes as a surprise that the production of bioplastics is also being launched on a grand scale. One particular company, the chemical company BBCA Group from Bengbu, is a pioneer in this field. According to a report in the Japanese newspaper Nikkei , the […]
China has called for an investigation into the killing of civilians by US-led forces in Afghanistan at the UN Security Council. The activities of foreign troops over the 20 years should not be “erased,” China’s vice ambassador to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, said at Monday’s Security Council meeting. This includes “criminal activities of US […]
A bamboo cake for their second birthday: The panda children Pit and Paule (picture) – with Chinese names Meng Yuan and Meng Xiang – were born exactly two years ago at Berlin Zoo. Their parents have been living in the capital for 15 years as part of the German-Chinese panda diplomacy. Pit is obviously already […]
Electric cars are booming in China. Not even the semiconductor crisis has put a damper on sales so far. In July, 271,000 electric cars were sold, which is 164 percent more than in the same month last year. Nevertheless, the industry is now facing mass extinction: a handful of start-ups are about to meet their […]
The chaotic situation in Afghanistan continues to dominate world affairs. Some observers believe that China can benefit from the Taliban’s takeover. But that is by no means a certainty, as the experienced journalist and Afghanistan expert Cem Sey explains in our interview today. Moreover, the economic opportunities in Afghanistan are often portrayed too optimistically, says […]
Hong Kong is now moving closer to the mainland’s censorship methods in the movie industry. An amendment to the law passed on Tuesday provides for the immediate screening of older films for possible violations of the National Security Act before being shown to the public. This is to include movies that have already been given […]
The security situation for Chinese citizens in Pakistan appears to be deteriorating further. On Friday, two Pakistani children died in a suicide attack on a convoy transporting Chinese engineers near the southwestern Pakistani port of Gwadar. A Chinese man was among the injured. A separatist militant organization called the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for […]
Who will be the first to break the sound barrier of a battery range of 1000 kilometers? Several Chinese companies are taking part in the race to reach the milestone. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited, or CATL for short, China’s largest manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, is pretty much active in all areas in order to […]
China has terminated 286 collaborations with foreign universities. As the South China Morning Post reported on Monday, the Ministry of Education published a list of the terminated programs on its app. Affected are prestigious institutions such as City University London, New York University and the University of Hong Kong. For example, the bachelor’s program for […]
