The National Development and Reform Commission has just confirmed that it will achieve this year’s declared growth target of five percent. But there is only one catch. It is well known that Chinese statistics should be taken with a grain of salt, especially official growth figures.Whether five percent really means five percent, or perhaps just […]
The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense has reported another sighting of a presumed Chinese spy balloon near its northern coast. As the ministry announced in its situation report on Monday, the balloon was spotted early Sunday evening around 111 kilometers north of the port of Keelung at an altitude of around 10,000 meters. After two hours, […]
Professor Bimberg, the Chinese Academy of Sciences founded the “Bimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics,” named after you at the Changchun Institute of Optics Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP). (中国科学院长春光学精密机械与物理研究所). What is it that you do there?Over twelve years ago, my group at TU Berlin was one of the first in the world to specialize […]
The government in Hong Kong is considering an appeal against some of the sentences in the trial against opposition ex-politicians and activists. According to Security Secretary Chris Tang, the prison sentences of up to ten years for 45 of the 47 defendants reflect the seriousness of the offenses. However, the government reserves the right to […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has denied in court that he influenced foreign governments to the detriment of Hong Kong. The 76-year-old is accused of “conspiring to cooperate with foreign actors” – primarily the USA – and publishing “seditious” content via his now-defunct daily newspaper Apple Daily. If found guilty, he faces a life […]
The history books of the future will attach special significance to Nov. 19, 2024 for the history of the city of Hong Kong. The day marks an anchor point in a creeping development in the course of which a largely liberal and constitutional form of society was replaced by an autocratic system of government.The harsh […]
For the first time since 2021, China has issued sovereign bonds in US dollars. Since last week, Saudi Arabian investors have been able to subscribe to corresponding sovereign bonds issued by the People’s Republic, which total two billion US dollars. The issue on the Saudi financial market is a further building block in the closer […]
Why travel far away when one’s own country has so much to offer? With a good dose of campfire romance, RV manufacturers want to make traveling with a hotel room on four wheels appealing to potential customers in the People’s Republic, like here at the auto show in Guangzhou. Incidentally, the campfire in the picture […]
David Chau Shing Yim has resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Limited. Vincent Gar-Gene Leung will take over the chairmanships of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee that have become vacant as a result. Meanwhile, Kenan Wang will become a […]
Thousands of electric vehicles are ready for delivery at the Chang’an Automobile Distribution Center in Chongqing. Up to and including October, the number of electric cars sold in the People’s Republic was almost ten million. The 12 million mark is expected to be broken by the end of the year. Chang’an is one of the […]
