In Shenyang, amidst temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, people are clad entirely in white, well-covered to shield themselves from the heat and sun rays. While temperatures soar, this woman relies on the reflective properties of the color white for protection. The outlook for the coming days: scorching heat persists.
Lionel Dumont has been Head of Mechanical Design and Simulation / e-powertrain Development at VW China since June. He is based in Tianjin. Jonathan Chin is the new Head of Human Pharmaceuticals China, Hong Kong/Macau and Taiwan at Boehringer Ingelheim. Chin has worked for the German pharmaceutical group for 21 years, most recently as General […]
Ironically, Viktor Orbán, known for his friendly stance towards China, relaxed the conditions for Chinese investors seeking to buy residency permits for the Schengen area this spring. One might suspect ulterior motives, as the EU aims to make visa conditions for Chinese citizens more stringent. Orbán’s actions counteract this goal.However, to defend the Hungarian Prime […]
At the two-day G7 summit in Italy, the heads of government of the seven major developed countries had some clear words for China. They unanimously criticized China’s delivery of weapons parts to Russia and called on the leadership in Beijing to cease all support for Russia’s arms industry. In their statement, the G7 urged China […]
According to a newspaper report, Adidas finds itself confronted with allegations of corruption against several high-ranking employees in China. The Financial Times reported that in an anonymous letter, allegedly from their own employees, they are accused of having accepted “millions of euros” from suppliers and advertising agencies.A spokesperson for the world’s second-largest sporting goods manufacturer […]
There is not yet much to see of the new high-tech plant in northern Dresden. But the ground-breaking ceremony for the fab, which is short for “fabrication plant,” i.e., a semiconductor plant, is set to take place in the second half of the year. Christian Koitzsch, President of European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC), the newly […]
The EU Commission is expected to make good on its threat on Monday and impose punitive tariffs on Chinese EV imports. The most interesting question will be: How high will they be? After all, it is certain that tariffs will come.This marks the EU’s shift away from the ordoliberalism that the Germans, in particular, have […]
China continues to focus on electric mobility, while investment in Europe is declining. With this argument, the organization Transport and Environment (T&E) is calling for clarity regarding the phase-out of combustion engines. According to the AFP news agency, T&E Managing Director Sebastian Bock said that the automotive industry needs “planning certainty from politicians.” And he […]
Driverless driving – this is now a reality in Ordos in the province of Inner Mongolia, China. After a two-month test run, the local city government has officially approved the operation of five driverless delivery vehicles. Equipped with 5G, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, these vehicles have a range of 180 kilometers, can transport […]
Students in the city of Zhangye in Gansu province celebrate their 18th birthday. This isn’t actually a traditional holiday in China. But because the communist leadership abolished so many traditional holidays in the past decades, people simply created new ones. And one of them is the day on which students celebrate the day they turn […]
