Mr. Wollenhaupt, the number of possible locations for SVOLT‘s investment in Europe ran into the dozens. Why Saarland?Many factors speak for this. But what has convinced us most is the very agile political environment in which we receive valuable help in implementing our plans thanks to the additional support from SHS Strukturholding Saar.In what form?Strukturholding […]
Is anyone surprised that it is the People’s Republic of China that is leading the global race to develop an electronic currency? By creating the regulatory framework, the government enables its country’s smart minds to have enough fun churning out more and more new ideas. And it provides enough money to keep those ideas from […]
After China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang called on unemployed compatriots to make a living as street vendors last year, it took only a few days for the state media to abandon its initial support. Why? Nobody knows; one can only guess. Li is considered an opponent of President Xi Jinping in the Communist Party’s Politburo. […]
Hong Kong loses another opposition voice. The daily Apple Daily will cease production today, 26 years after it was founded. The online offering of the tabloid, which had taken a critical stance on the growing influence of the Communist Party in the metropolis, is also affected by the shutdown. Parent company Next Digital is drawing […]
Swedish author and photographer Jojje Olsson was astonished to receive a personal message from online professional network LinkedIn in his digital inbox. The provider informed him that “prohibited content” had been discovered in the education subsection. This was the reason for blocking his profile in the People’s Republic of China with immediate effect. Olsson had […]
The Chinese foreign TV broadcaster CGTN is looking for potential employees at British universities. According to a report in the Times of London, the state-owned network, which recently had its broadcasting license for the UK revoked due to excessive influence by the Chinese government, is offering up to $10,000 for cooperation. The students are supposed […]
Alibaba founding member Joseph Tsai has explicitly endorsed the introduction of the National Security Law in Hong Kong in an interview. The Taiwanese with Canadian citizenship, who is responsible for strategic acquisitions and investments at the world’s largest internet company, defended the new legal framework’s extensive deprivation of the democratic rights of Hong Kong citizens […]
For months, the US and China have been weakening their shared economic framework of global trade with mutual punitive measures. The anti-foreign sanctions law from Beijing, which was passed last week (China.Table reported), leads to scenarios in which European and other companies find themselves in a quandary. In the worst scenario, companies are forced to […]
So far, more than 200,000 foreigners have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in China, according to official figures. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said foreign nationals in the eligible age groups have been integrated into the national vaccination program. Cooperation will be stepped up with “some relevant countries” next, the spokesman announced. The government wants to make […]
The Japanese Ministry of Education has announced an official investigation into the 14 Confucius Institutes in the country. The agency wants to investigate suspicions about whether the institutions are being used by the Chinese government for propaganda purposes and may be collaborating with the country’s intelligence services, the Nikkei agency reported. The host Japanese universities […]
