It is only the appendix to an annual report, but it packs a punch. From page 101 in Appendix VII of the latest China report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) makes it clear that there is something fishy about the current account surplus officially reported by Beijing. The IMF wonders about the growing difference between […]
The extent to which European industries are intertwined with Chinese raw materials or preliminary products is now being closely scrutinized on many fronts. The results of numerous studies continue to astound, as they reveal the carelessness with which entire industries have become dependent on the People’s Republic of China.Christiane Kuehl has looked at what recent […]
The Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB announced on Monday that it will sell its neurology and allergy business in China to the investment companies CBC from Singapore and Mubadala from Abu Dhabi for 680 million dollars. The deal includes UCB’s neurology portfolio, which includes drugs such as Keppra, Vimpat, and Neupro, as well as the anti-allergy […]
Lu Xinning, Deputy Director of the Beijing Liaison Office in Hong Kong, has been appointed member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in Guangxi. The 57-year-old joined the Office in May 2019, shortly before the outbreak of anti-government protests in Hong Kong. Before working in Hong Kong, Lu was deputy editor-in-chief of […]
What looks like a painting of a barren tree is actually a bird’s-eye view of a watercourse at the edge of a country road, visible at the bottom of the picture. The photo was taken by photographer Tang Dehong in Nyima, Tibet.
It will be more difficult for foreign diplomats from Hong Kong to enter the People’s Republic of China in the future. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has informed the consulates in the Special Administrative Region that it intends to authorize future border crossings to Macau and parts of Guangdong Province for official purposes. This was reported […]
The ongoing clashes between Philippine and Chinese ships in the South China Sea continued on Monday. Reports indicate several collisions in the early hours of Monday, for which both states blamed the other side.The incident occurred around 230 kilometers west of the Philippine province of Palawan near Sabina Reef, which is part of the disputed […]
The German frigate “Baden-Wuerttemberg” and the supply ship “Frankfurt am Main” may pass through the Taiwan Strait in September. “The decision has not been taken yet,” the commander of the naval task group, Rear Admiral Axel Schulz, told Reuters in a telephone interview, adding the weather would play a role. It would be the first […]
Chinese cyber espionage is so extensive that the state could not do it without help. When leaked documents revealed the close cooperation between a private Chinese hacker group and the government in February of this year, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution began to dissect the data. Six months later, the […]
The long history of Chinese state-sponsored doping is entering the next phase at the Paris Olympics. Even before the competitions officially start on Friday, Chinese swimmers are already under scrutiny. Eleven members of the Olympic team tested positive for a banned substance three years ago and were not punished. The affair continues to this day. […]
