When it comes to making business in China, we like to revel in nostalgia. Just like we do with the Western world, there is a sort of over-glorification of some distant “good old times”. But when exactly were these “good times?” Times, when the doors to the market opened without any government intervention, when friction […]
Chinese app company Tencent may have plans to acquire the successful German video game developer Crytek located in Frankfurt, as German newspaper Bild reports on a potential takeover bid. The acquisition would make strategic sense for Tencent because it would allow the Shenzhen-based company to expand its position as market leader in the video game […]
The Museum of Chinese in America in New York plans to come out of its Covid hiatus with an exhibition on racism against Asian Americans. The exhibition focuses on an increase in hate against Asian Americans during the pandemic. The exact reopening date remains unclear. It will feature a timeline of low points in the […]
China’s economic miracle is fueled by exuberant capital injections. Ever since the 1990s, this pattern is repeating: Ambitious company executives take out far too many loans in their relentless desire to expand their business. Public banks then have to painstakingly deleverage sprawling groups of companies. Now it looks like the Evergrande real estate group is […]
Shanghai likes it big. Now the metropolis owns another record-breaking attraction. The world’s largest planetarium will open this Saturday, with an area of more than 38,000 square meters. The centerpiece is a vaulted hall with a gigantic sphere in its midst. It is supposed to symbolize the celestial bodies – and thus also stands for […]
To gain a better understanding of China, Beijing prefers foreign politicians to visit its provinces instead of short trips to the capital city. German chancellors followed this advice. Helmut Schmidt went to Xinjiang on his inaugural visit in 1975, and Helmut Kohl was the first head of government to visit Tibet in 1987. Angela Merkel […]
Chinese GDP is coming down from the extreme growth of the post-Corona shock phase. In the quarter from April to June, growth was 7.9 percent. In the previous quarter, it was 18.3 percent, but this should be seen as an outlier. For the first half of the year, the year-on-year figure is 12.7 per cent. […]
After being under fire by regulators in China, Didi Chuxing is now being targeted by angry investors in the US. Two groups are filing complaints against the ride-hailing service in New York and Los Angeles. Dozens of law firms want in on the potential business of compensation for alleged stock market fraud. Didi had gone […]
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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has explained the planned deployment of the German Navy in the Indo-Pacific in a video conversation with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe. The frigate “Bayern” is to set off for Asia in August, passing through waters that China considers its own territory. During the talks, the German defense minister once again referred to […]
