China intends to better arm itself against foreign sanctions. Premier Li Qiang signed a decree on Monday to expand the toolbox of countermeasures. It involves the concrete implementation of a 2021 law.The law stipulates that the Chinese government can place individuals or companies involved in discriminatory measures against Chinese citizens or companies on a sanctions […]
Not every supposed China expert actually has China expertise. But how can an often under-informed public judge who really has this expertise? China expertise also ultimately remains an attribution and also creates hierarchies: Sinologists and expats in China are considered competent, while the voices of Chinese dissidents, Tibetans or Uyghurs are often ignored.A thought experiment: […]
The key statement by the Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Monday was drastically underrepresented in the media. “China’s consumer climate is improving, but consumer confidence remains weak,” said Li Chunlin, who is partly in charge of setting the course for the Chinese economy through the powerful authority.The NDRC official […]
Scientific research in Europe and beyond is likely to face an ever more complex and hostile environment in the coming decade. On the one hand, it is now more urgent than before for scientists to push back on those who are hostile to their core mission of free research. On the other hand, the risk […]
A Hong Kong court has found a social worker guilty of rioting almost six years after the mass protests in the city. In the retrial of the 48-year-old woman, the deputy district judge found the defendant guilty of using a megaphone to incite violence against the police. She had initially been cleared, but the Justice […]
The Chinese defense company Sageras will invest in the construction of an industrial park near the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. This was announced by Cambodia’s Ministry of Defense. The 132-hectare industrial park is a joint project between the ministry’s General Department of Materials and Technology and the Chinese company, it said. The volume of the […]
In view of the trade conflict with the United States and the simmering real estate crisis, China’s Central Bank has kept the door open for further economic stimulus measures. According to Central Bank Governor Pan Gongsheng, the bank plans to lower interest rates “at the appropriate time” and inject liquidity into the financial system. The […]
The US Department of Justice has announced charges against twelve cybercriminals, some of whom with ties to the Chinese government. They are accused of hacking more than 100 US organizations, including the US Treasury Department, over the course of a decade. The defendants are said to include contract hackers and Chinese law enforcement officials, as […]
Military threats from US President Donald Trump have resulted in a surprising development: The Chinese operator of two ports on the Panama Canal has handed over control of the terminals to a group of US financial investors. The company, part of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s empire, announced on Tuesday that it was selling a […]
For US President Donald Trump, America first also means China last. The memorandum he signed last Friday concerning future US investment policy sounds like a declaration of war on any form of Chinese influence in the United States. If departments and authorities implement the memorandum as Trump demands, Chinese capital in the United States will […]
