In yesterday’s video message addressed to the UN General Assembly, China’s President Xi Jinping reminded us that democracy is a value shared around the globe. It is a classic example of how autocratic systems continually try to claim central concepts of the definition of liberal states for themselves. Their intent is to confuse us by […]
Chinese internet company Baidu is expanding its ambitions in electric mobility. The company, which operates China’s eponymous and largest internet search engine, has announced the series production of a fully electric truck. In 2023, the so-called “robot truck” Xingtu is expected to hit the market. The vehicle will initially be equipped with Level 3 automation, […]
Despite its ambition to assert technological leadership in the 21st century, the People’s Republic of China is not among the top ten most innovative economies in this field. In the annual Global Innovation Index by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China has moved up two spots, but still only ranks 12th. The first four spots […]
Disclaimer: This interview has been translated into English and is not considered an official translation by any party involved.Mr. Veltmann, what would German SMEs prefer: a world under the USA or Chinese technological leadership?We prefer the Americans as long as they don’t have a president like Trump. They are much closer to us culturally and also have a similar understanding of democracy. China is an autocracy. And a country that […]
For some new arrivals to China, the start of their new life has been extremely frustrating in recent months. The two-week Covid quarantine following the arrival in the People’s Republic was no surprise to anyone. But the conditions of forced isolation were in some cases more reminiscent of a reform school. The unlucky ones had […]
The political purge in Hong Kong continues. On Tuesday, a court sentenced nine activists and former politicians to prison terms of up to ten months. The pro-democracy defendants were punished for organizing and participating in a vigil for the victims of June 4, 1989. The event last year had taken place in Hong Kong’s Victoria […]
A day after massive protests by frustrated investors outside Evergrande’s corporate headquarters, the stock price of the Chinese real estate group plummeted in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The stock of the Guangzhou-based company, which is threatened with bankruptcy, lost more than ten percent of its value in trading after the company’s management published a new […]
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Fujian have imposed even more drastic restrictions on parts of public life than at the weekend following an outbreak of the delta variant of COVID-19 among schoolchildren. Several dozen schools were closed in the megacity of Putian after 59 new cases were recorded on Tuesday, all of them […]
The southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan has once again stepped up its call to its heavy industry to curb production. Particularly affected are the aluminum and cement sectors, whose high power consumption weighs on the eco-balance, but also steel and coal-fired power.On the one hand, authorities want to prevent the province from exceeding its emissions […]
The annual Han Kuang exercises have been underway in Taiwan since the weekend. For the 37th time since 1984, the island nation is rehearsing a military emergency. The main aim is to simulate possible war scenarios as realistically as possible. That’s why during the five-day exercises, fighter jets land on roads, and tanks roll through […]
