Democratic US politicians are concerned about the data security of connected vehicles manufactured in China. The focus is on Chinese brands that produce in Mexico. In a letter to Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, around 20 members of parliament called for the Mexican authorities to carry out a corresponding review.The Democrats fear that China could use […]
For us Uyghurs and Tibetans, the Chinese National Day is a day of mourning: The founding of the People’s Republic of China ended the existence of the independent Republic of East Turkestan and the independent state of Tibet. The People’s Liberation Army invaded both countries in 1949 and took away the independence of Tibetans and […]
The arrest of a Chinese citizen in Leipzig raises the question of the extent of Chinese espionage operations in Germany. On Tuesday, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office reported on the Yaqi X. case and established a connection to a suspected espionage case involving AfD MEP Maximilian Krah.X. is urgently suspected of secret service agent activities […]
Isn’t it astonishing that 75 years after its foundation, the People’s Republic of China is regressing in some respects? After Mao Zedong’s death, the Communist Party laid the groundwork to ensure that no successor would ever be given such power. But the events of the past ten years have undermined all these efforts.Today, with Xi […]
Simon Henderson is the new Asia Deputy Director of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch. Henderson will work from Tokyo on matters including Japan, South Korea and China.Is something changing in your organization? Let us know at heads@table.media!
Extensive interest rate cuts, new incentives to buy property and attractive stock investment offers – the Chinese central bank (PBOC) responded on Tuesday with a wide range of measures to address the persistent economic problems in the country’s second-largest economy.The government in Beijing, which controls the Central Bank, sees this year’s growth target acutely jeopardized […]
On the tenth anniversary of the conviction of Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti, the European Union has called for his “immediate and unconditional release.” The economist was sentenced to life behind bars in fall 2014 on charges of separatism. According to the statement from the EU’s External Action Service, his imprisonment “is representative of the deeply […]
Who truly knows everything about China? According to US commentator Kaiser Kuo, the range of people with relevant assessments and analyses shrinks massively. His criteria are so extensive that analyzing facts and figures, as well as Chinese history, is not enough. In an interview with Fabian Peltsch, he says that close human interaction and empathy […]
When it comes to Taiwan, Beijing is absolutely uncompromising. Any doubts about Chinese claims to the neighboring country are hyped up as a national affair. Oddly enough, however, this does not happen when it comes to territories that Russia occupied in the middle of the 19th century. At the time, these belonged to the Qing […]
Italy supports the European Commission’s proposed tariffs on Chinese EV exports. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said this before he met with the Chinese trade minister in Rome on Monday. “We support the duties that the EU Commission proposes, to protect the competitiveness of our companies,” Tajani said in an interview with the daily newspaper […]
