German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply criticized the EU Commission for imposing countervailing duties against the import of EVs from China. “Our goal must be to build the best cars that can compete on the international markets, especially when it comes to electromobility”, said Scholz on Wednesday in a government statement at the EU summit […]
The Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei has been officially arrested. The Chinese authorities have accused the lawyer of illegally crossing the border into Laos. This was reported by the activist account Weiquanwang (维权网), which reports on the fates of arrested and convicted opponents of the regime.Lu was arrested in the Laotian capital of Vientiane […]
It can be done: China’s soccer fans finally had a reason to cheer again. In their fourth attempt at the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in North America, the team led by Croatian head coach Branko Ivankovic managed their first win. The final score was 2:1 (2:0) against Indonesia, […]
Internet censorship has increased significantly in once-liberal Hong Kong. Facebook, for example, shows that the number of censored statements or posts has more than quintupled since the introduction of the National Security Law. This is based on official figures from Facebook’s parent company Meta, which published the statistical development a few days ago. The number […]
Russia and China demonstrate geostrategic unity on the Taiwan question. Just one day after the extensive Chinese military drills off the coasts of the democratic island state, senior Chinese military officials received Russian Defense Minister Andrei Beloussov in Beijing. “The military departments of Russia and China are united in their assessments of global processes, and […]
The funding of China’s economic stimulus programs is taking shape. On Tuesday, national media reported on the issue of special government bonds totaling six trillion yuan (774 billion euros). This will allow additional debt to be raised over a period of three years. The funds are to be used to support low-income households, revive the […]
Sexual education in China is a bit like freedom of speech: People have heard about it, but prefer to stay away from it. The fact that there is now a growing market for sex toys in a conservative society like China’s is an interesting development that Fabian Peltsch looks at for us today.It is hardly […]
Two and a half years after the start of the war in Ukraine, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which was founded in 2016 on a Chinese initiative, maintains its “no” to Russia. “Cooperation with the Russian side remains frozen. There is currently no reason to change anything,” German AIIB Vice President Ludger Schuknecht told […]
Hong Kong law enforcement authorities have urged a company in the US to comply with Hong Kong law. In a letter to the technology service provider Automattic, the authorities referred to the extraterritorial reach of Article 23, which has been in force as the city’s security law since March of this year.The Hong Kong authorities […]
Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will visit the Czech Republic this month. This was reported by Reuters news agency, citing several anonymous sources. It is a sensitive visit for a high-ranking politician who the government of the People’s Republic of China has repeatedly labeled a “separatist.”Like most countries, the Czech Republic maintains no official diplomatic […]
