Hundreds, but not thousands, gathered near Beijing’s Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on Thursday as former Chinese premier Li Keqiang was laid to rest. In the cemetery hall, where high-ranking officials and national heroes are laid to rest, a black banner with white characters read: “We deeply mourn the loss of Comrade Li Keqiang.” A portrait of […]
Censorship in China has always had an economic component. Just as Baidu and Tencent rose to become leading IT companies in China after the authorities blocked Google services and Facebook, a similar development could repeat itself with OpenAI. Since China officially blocked access to the US-based ChatGPT, there has been a nationwide race to create […]
China takes another step toward commercial use of air taxis: Ehang (亿航), the South China-based manufacturer of autonomous flying passenger drones, has received type certification for a so-called eVTOL aircraft – nine years after the startup was founded in Guangzhou. The acronym stands for “Electric vertical take off and landing.” The certification applies to the […]
While the West aligns with Israel, China openly criticizes Israeli actions. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi remarked that Israel’s actions have exceeded self-defense but made no mention of Hamas’s acts. He emphasized China’s opposition to actions that “harm civilians and condemned any violation of international law”. Wang proposed that the fundamental solution lies in implementing […]
The West’s share of the global economy has long since passed its zenith. It has been on a downward course for more than 70 years. Other players have been steadily increasing their share for decades. Above all, China’s share has grown strongly. But the growing importance of other BRICS countries for the global economy is […]
At the beginning of this year, the world’s fastest hydrogen regional train, as claimed by the manufacturer, was presented in China. It travels at 160 kilometers per hour and covers 600 kilometers on one filling. The train shares much of its technology with the tried and tested Fuxing family of high-speed trains, a workhorse of […]
The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), with its roots in Italy and current headquarters in Geneva, is moving ever closer to China. This is particularly relevant for Germany as MSC will soon become co-owner of the Hamburg port operator HHLA. Earlier this year, the German government only allowed the Chinese shipping group and port operator Cosco […]
On Wednesday, Jennifer Morgan, State Secretary at the German Foreign Office and Special Representative for International Climate Policy, will travel to Beijing to discuss opportunities in the joint fight against climate change. However, the former Greenpeace chief’s visit to Beijing is now overshadowed by KfW’s refusal to further provide loans to China.As of 2024, Germany […]
It is 7 September 2013 at around half past ten in the morning. The hall is packed with students, politicians and journalists. “Nazarbayev University” is written in gold letters above the stage. Below it sits the person who gave the university its name, Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan at the time. The lecture hall looks […]
In the run-up to the ASEAN summit, it becomes clear how torn the Southeast Asian states are about China. On the one hand, they want to cooperate ever more closely with China for economic reasons, but on the other hand, they are unwilling to let their differences with Beijing slide.This applies above all to the […]
