According to security circles, Taiwan has raised its alert level in response to a major exercise by the Chinese Navy. China deployed nearly 90 Navy and Coast Guard ships, two-thirds of them warships, in a wide strip near Taiwanese waters, southern Japanese islands and the East and South China Seas, a Taiwanese security official told […]
In order to catch up, Germany needs clear jurisdictions and must make digitalization a priority. Establishing an upgraded Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs would allow Germany to digitally modernize itself and survive in the new, digital world.To date, digitalization has only been organized decentrally at the ministerial level. If the focus is on cybersecurity, then […]
Chinese companies in the European Union feel the effects of the shifting approach to Beijing’s industrial policy. Where there was often great optimism in the past, uncertainty is spreading – companies are finding it increasingly difficult to predict how their business will develop. The hefty countervailing duties on electric cars from China are the clearest […]
Hydropower projects in Tibet are capable of supplying all of Germany with energy. A new study by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) documents 193 projects that are already in operation, under construction or at the planning stage. Once completed, the plants will be able to produce a total output of 270 gigawatts. This corresponds […]
On Nov. 14, China’s head of state Xi Jinping inaugurated the Chancay Port, financed with 3.5 billion US dollars, as part of the APEC summit in Peru. This project will be a catalyst for global trade and in particular a key link between Latin America and East Asia. Peruvian voices emphasize that the country is […]
The Chinese chip companies recently placed on a sanctions list by the United States do not expect their business to be significantly affected. Empyrean, a company specializing in software for semiconductor development, announced on Tuesday that it intends to accelerate the process of cutting its ties with foreign suppliers. Jiangsu Nata Opto-Electronic Materials, a supplier […]
Promoting Sino-German scientific cooperation is a low priority for the German government. At a two-day meeting between the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) at the end of October, no representatives of the German government attended despite being invited.“Of course, we had also invited stakeholders from the […]
A majority of German companies in China wish for more political support. This is the result of the annual business climate survey of the German Chamber of Commerce in China, which will be published on Wednesday. It revealed that 73 percent of the companies surveyed in China would like the German government to place a […]
The USA is stepping up its isolation of the Chinese chip industry. With a further tightening of their embargo on tech exports to China, officials have blacklisted 140 more companies, according to the news agency Reuters. Restrictions have been placed on the supply of advanced memory chips for artificial intelligence (AI) as well as other […]
The Tibetan language activist Tashi Wangchuk continues to face harassment from the Chinese state after being released from his five-year prison sentence. Wangchuk is among a number of prominent human and civil rights activists from Tibet. He campaigns for the preservation and free use of the Tibetan language. He has enjoyed the support of numerous […]
