Nell Shi has been responsible for Supply Chain Management China, Asia and Europe at tire manufacturer Zhongce Europe since April. Born in Shanghai, she has been working in supply chain management for 15 years. She will now be based in Karlsruhe, Germany.Hannah Davis has been responsible for Business Operations Support, Healthcare China & International at […]
Xi Jinping could hardly imagine a more splendid reception, and right in the heart of Europe: Hungary welcomed China’s President in the courtyard of Buda Castle with the highest honors imaginable. Even more importantly, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán invoked the close friendship with Xi. In turn, Xi made it clear that he expects significant […]
Xi Jinping’s visit to Serbia coincides with the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Beijing’s embassy in Belgrade by the US Air Force. What kind of political signal does China’s President want to send with this?The bombing of the embassy is the cornerstone of the Serbian-Chinese friendship – even if the relationship has only really […]
Matthias Brüggemann is the new Key Account Manager for China at Deutz AG. He was previously in China as a Product Manager for Audi in 2018.Thomas A. Duff is the new Head of M&A at VW China. Duff has been working for Volkswagen for almost four years. He gained experience in China during his business […]
After a highway collapsed and slid down a slope in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, the death toll had risen to 24 by Wednesday evening. A further 30 or so people had been taken to hospital, the state television station CCTV reported on Wednesday. According to the authorities in the city of Meizhou in […]
The constitutional protection agency warns the German economy against a naive stance towards China, which could pose an existential threat to the industrial location. “We have numerous examples where perhaps an overly optimistic and too positive attitude regarding trade relations with China has led to these companies practically dissolving,” said the Vice President of the […]
The auto show in Shanghai a year ago delivered a shock to German car manufacturers, as they had all failed to notice how far ahead their Chinese competitors had pulled in electric mobility during the three years of the pandemic.Now, a year later, the auto show is taking place in Beijing as scheduled. The Volkswagen […]
Snowscape also in Yushu, a region inhabited by Tibetans in Qinghai Province. However, while snow in Germany in April has become quite rare, here it is still a normal part of this season. For now.
VW is capable of manufacturing six million cars per year in China, but only sells three million. A fierce debate is raging in Europe regarding the many Chinese EVs that could soon flood the world due to the country’s overcapacity. Is Volkswagen contributing to this overcapacity in China?When we in Europe talk about overcapacity, we […]
