The Chinese government is tightening Internet regulations in the country. As of September, attempts to detect security vulnerabilities on the Internet, as well as the dissemination of knowledge about possible security vulnerabilities or even the sale of such knowledge, will be punishable by law. Two authorities are in charge of implementing the new legal framework. […]
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has been unusually harsh in his criticism of the political intentions behind Chinese and Russian vaccine diplomacy. On the sidelines of a US trip to the state of Michigan, where Maas visited a production facility of US pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer, the SPD politician said: “We notice that China in particular […]
The eagerly awaited first meeting between Joe Biden in his role as US president and China’s leader Xi Jinping is on the horizon. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel from Washington to the Chinese port city of Tianjin next week to meet her counterpart Xie Feng. This was reported by the South […]
The report is 67 pages long and full of appeals, admonitions, and proposals. In their joint publication ‘Mind the Gap: Priorities for Transatlantic China Policy‘, the Munich Security Conference (MSC), the Berlin-based research institute Merics, and the US think tank Aspen Strategy Group urge Western partners to adopt a rapid and concerted policy in response […]
Matej Šimalčík, director of the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) in Bratislava, could not believe his eyes when he opened an e-mail from Confucius Institute. “Who came up with this nonsense? Please, spare us with this garbage,” all casually written. The author of these dubious lines: Luboslav Štora, head of the Confucius Institute […]
Authorities in the city of Ruili in southwest China’s Yunnan Province have imposed a strict lockdown on its 270,000 residents over a new Covid outbreak. The city area has been sealed off on Wednesday and all residents have been ordered to go into domestic quarantine, according to state news agency Xinhua. Classes have been suspended […]
To admirers, the diligence and commitment of China’s children and workforce are one of Chinese society’s core strengths. In direct comparison to the West, it’s a common assertion that we can hardly match this zeal. And in truth, one cannot help but tip one’s hat to children in primary schools, who do not collapse under […]
A great amount of data and figures draw a clear picture of the People’s Republic of China: the second largest economy, largest EU trading partner and largest CO2 emitter. But there are also figures that should be treated with caution. Results of political polls in China among these. Unlike economic parameters, they are based on […]
Hong Kong authorities have made clear in recent months that they are using the National Security Act to silence any voices of opposition within the city. This includes media outlets that criticize Beijing’s increasing control or doubt the legitimacy of Hong Kong’s judicial system. The tightened legal environment has already been the undoing of the […]
It is certainly not a congratulatory letter that Cai Xia has formulated for the 100th birthday of the Chinese Communist Party. On the contrary, the retired lecturer at the Central Party University in Beijing has recently switched sides, spatially and ideologically, and is lashing out against the leadership of the People’s Republic of China in […]
