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Christiane Kühl

Christiane Kühl Published: April 19th, 2021

Talks ahead of Biden’s climate summit

Less than a week before the virtual climate summit of 17 states organized by US President Joe Biden, the preliminary talks are in full swing. On Friday, China’s President Xi Jinping spoke on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. At the same time, US climate envoy John Kerry was […]

Christiane Kühl Published: April 16th, 2021

Surplus of certificates in china’s emissions trading scheme

China may be distributing too many emission allowances for its new emissions trading system. According to a new study, a surplus of these allowances will cause the price of CO2 emissions to crash to zero. Too low a baseline for the efficiency of participating coal-fired power plants will lead to a surplus of pollution allowances, […]

Christiane Kühl Published: April 15th, 2021

Pressure from Beijing: Alibaba places services on Tencent’s platform

Alibaba was just the beginning. On Tuesday, the three main regulators for the technology sector summoned 34 of China’s largest internet companies for a shake-down – warnings included. No mercy will be shown for misconduct, officials told market giants such as Tencent, Meituan, and Bytedance. The companies were asked to review and adjust their business […]

Christiane Kühl Published: April 13th, 2021

Alibaba’s Ant Financial to be restructured

Alibaba already had to accept a hefty fine for violating the anti-monopoly law (China.Table reported) these days. On Monday, the second strike against the world’s largest online trading platform followed: Beijing ordered the conversion of Alibaba’s financial arm Ant Financial into a normal financial holding company. This means that in the future, Ant Financial will […]

Christiane Kühl Published: April 12th, 2021

Xpeng plans a third EV factory

Electric start-up Xpeng has announced the construction of a third factory for electric cars. The planned plant in the central Chinese city of Wuhan is to have an annual capacity of 100,000 EVs, also produce powertrains and have a development laboratory, as Xpeng recently announced. To this end, the company is cooperating with the provincial […]

Christiane Kühl Published: April 9th, 2021

Foxconn and Xiaomi push into EV market

Technology groups have been pushing into electromobility in China for some time. Companies like Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent are offering billions in capital and some know-how for the connected car of the future. What’s new is that tech companies now want to build entire cars themselves. The successful smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi just announced that it […]

Christiane Kühl Published: April 1st, 2021

China and India: two giants with a fragile relationship

India does not really engage in alliances. The decisions taken at the recent video summit of the four countries of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – Quad for short – were, therefore, already a special step for New Delhi. In mid-March, India, the US, Japan, and Australia agreed to jointly manufacture and distribute more than one […]

Christiane Kühl Published: March 31st, 2021

China specifies rules for emissions trading

China is making progress on the design of its new Emissions Trading System. This week, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued more concrete regulations for the new system, as well as regulations for emissions reporting by participating state-owned companies. Both indicate that the system is now showing some teeth. From now on, the regulation […]

Christiane Kühl Published: March 19th, 2021

Frigates to the Far East: Western strategies for the Indo-Pacific

The frigate “Bayern” will set off from Wilhelmshaven for the Far East in August. On the voyage, the ship is to pass through the South China Sea. In February, France had sent a nuclear submarine to the region and held maneuvers there with the US and Japan. Britain plans to send the aircraft carrier HMS […]

Christiane Kühl Published: March 15th, 2021

Sweden’s permanent conflict with China

Things haven’t been running smoothly between Sweden and China for a long time. The saga of a small Swedish-Chinese publisher imprisoned in China poisoned relations. The Chinese ambassador in Stockholm was a constant critic of Sweden’s media. And then, in October 2020, Sweden barred Chinese telecom equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE from building 5G networks. […]