The New Delhi government has lodged a strong protest against China’s renaming of around 30 locations in a disputed region on the border with India. The area claimed by China is part of the federal state of Arunachal Pradesh and thus belongs to India, a spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi […]
Gao Fei is the new CEO of dairy giant Mengniu. Gao was previously Vice President of the company. The previous CEO, Lu Minfang, becomes Vice Chairman. Li Mingfeng has taken over the position of Director of China at MPDV Mikrolab. The company, headquartered in Germany, offers production-related IT systems. Is something changing in your organization? […]
According to insiders, China’s largest car manufacturer, the state-owned Shanghai Automotive Group (SAIC), plans to cut thousands of jobs at its joint ventures with Volkswagen and General Motors. Reuters reported on Monday, citing two sources familiar with the matter, that jobs will also be cut in the electric car division. The company plans to lay […]
Traditional yet modern – at China Fashion Week, which was held in Beijing over the weekend, designer Xu Jia showed her YYWR collection. Her goal: blurring the line between Asian and Western fashion. Xu was born in Dandong on the border with North Korea. She now lives in Canada.
The USA and Taiwan continue their military cooperation. Taiwan’s Navy Chief Tang Hua will be traveling to the USA this week, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Topics will include improving cooperation between the two countries’ navies. Protests from Beijing are definitely expected. For months, the Chinese military has repeatedly held military exercises […]
Out of concern for national security, the US government revised its regulations on Friday to make it more difficult for China to obtain US artificial intelligence (AI) chips and the equipment used to manufacture them. However, under the new export rules, which are due to come into force on Thursday, the restrictions will also apply […]
Following his discussion with Premier Li Qiang, Bavaria’s Minister President Markus Söder expressed confidence in achieving an improvement in the currently strained German-Chinese trade relations. Söder stated, according to dpa, that the demand for a fair, transparent partnership resonated with Li Qiang.During the conversation, Söder advocated for better competitive conditions for German companies in China […]
According to Sinologist Klaus Muehlhahn, China’s economic and scientific development cannot be slowed down. At a German symposium on Friday, Muehlhahn said that it was an illusion that punitive tariffs or sealing off markets could change the political situation in the East Asian country.German media quotes the scientist, who is also president of Zeppelin University, […]
China’s economy has started the year with better momentum than initially expected. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), industrial production rose by 7.0 percent year-on-year in January and February on Monday. Growth thus accelerated from 6.8 percent in December and exceeded the expectations of a Reuters survey of analysts. They had forecast growth […]
Almost five years after the climax of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, a court sentenced twelve activists to prison terms of between four and a half and six years and ten months on Saturday. Among those convicted by District Judge Li Chi-ho are the well-known Hong Kong political activists Ventus Lau, Owen Chow, Althea […]
