Vanessa Wang will become Head of Client Coverage at the Hong Kong office of German asset management company, DWS, commencing September 1. She was previously employed at Amundi, the French asset manager. At DWS, she will report to Dirk Görgen, Head of Client Coverage Division at the Frankfurt head office. Ben Meng will be the […]
In this Monday’s editorial, we present to you another CEO Talk from Frank Sieren, which is available in this issue of China.Table as an interview. This time, Frank Sieren had a conversation with Christian Sommer, the head of the German Centre in Shanghai. Sommer looks at business in China and international relations from a middle-class […]
In the fast lane with lots of horsepower and pedal to the metal? Watch out, don’t turn the car over! In a figurative sense, this also applies to China’s data highways. Just one mistake in the upper ranks of Internet stars and influencers can cause a heavy crash.翻车 fānchē – literally “the car rolls over” […]
Since 2019, Christian Straube has been working as a program manager for the China Program of the Asienhaus Foundation. Together with his colleague Joanna Klabisch, Straube strives to promote civil society dialogue with China. “Chinese civil society faces some of the very same challenges as civil societies in Germany and Europe do, although structured differently,” […]
Daimler’s entry into the electromobility market has been troublesome. In addition to a few hybrid models, the luxury-class manufacturer has so far only offered battery-powered versions of small-series vehicles and its Smart model. The Chinese competition is more than a decade ahead. Under pressure by Chinese authorities, Daimler jointly founded the Denza brand with domestic […]
The city of Zheng’an produces six million guitars a year, which makes it something of a global market, considering it’s all produced in one place – even if the instruments are actually built over many small workshops. Thus, news agency Xinhua published a report on Zheng’an on Thursday. The reason: the pandemic has caused a […]
The pandemic movie “Chinese Doctors” topped the Chinese box office charts again this weekend, as the China Movie Data Information Network reported. It stars a number of superstars, including Zhang Hanyu and Yuan Quan. Since its release on July 9, the film grossed over ¥778 million yuan (€100 million), as news agency Xinhua reported. The […]
On Monday indebted real estate developer China Evergrande took a stand against further restrictions on its credit lines and other precautionary measures by several banks. The company now plans to sue Guangfa Bank for freezing company accounts worth €20 million. The bank was responding to clear signals of payment difficulties at Evergrande. China’s largest real […]
Jensen Huang (Huang Renxun), co-founder and CEO of multinational technology company NVIDIA, has received the “Asian American Engineer of the Year” award for his lifetime achievement. Huang is a native of Taiwan, but now also holds US citizenship. The 58-year-old founded the company in 1993 and is now a billionaire thanks to his shareholdings.Li Fushen […]
Lunch behind glass: China’s Olympic women’s soccer team has arrived at its base in the Miyagi Prefecture. The team’s athletes had to travel 350 kilometers north by bus from Tokyo’s Narita Airport. The team will face Brazil in the preliminary round on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in the town of Rifu, where the stadium is located, residents […]
