In the coming months, the retail trade will observe how honest consumers’ loyalty to organic textiles is. The allegations of forced labor against Chinese cotton producers from Xinjiang are partly responsible for the fact that the industry will demand significantly higher cotton prices for shirts and trousers from sustainable production in the foreseeable future. Price […]
In Thuringia, more precisely in Arnstadt near Erfurt, one or the other will have heard the name Robin Zeng before. In 2011, the entrepreneur founded Contemporary Amperex Technology, or CATL. The company manufactures batteries for EVs. So many, that CATL is the largest producer in the People’s Republic of China. In perspective: world market leader.The […]
German UN Ambassador Christoph Heusgen has called on the Chinese government to end the detention of Muslim Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Speaking at a virtual high-level meeting organized by the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations, Heusgen said: “We appeal to China to respect the universal […]
Technology company Apple is facing specific allegations of forced labor in its supply chain once again. Seven of its Chinese suppliers are alleged to have used unpaid Uyghur workers from the Xinjiang Autonomous Province, according to a report by the online magazine The Information, which investigated together with human rights groups. Until now, the US […]
After almost 150 years in the country, a Chinese manager is taking over responsibility for the China business of the German industrial flagship Siemens for the first time: Xiao Song, born in Sichuan in 1965, holds a doctorate in engineering from the Technical University in Dortmund. In the concert of German conglomerates, this appointment is […]
The Belgian parliament had to postpone a planned debate on human rights crimes in Xinjiang until mid-May on Tuesday due to a hacker attack. The hearing of a former Uyghur camp inmate had to be canceled after the local network operator Belnet was paralyzed by a massive cyber attack. In addition to the House of […]
The Australian government is considering terminating a lease with a Chinese port operator in Darwin, northern Australia. Out of concern for national security, the Department of Defence wants to examine whether the Chinese Landbridge Group should be stripped of its rights of use. This is based on the 2020 reformed Foreign Investment Act. In 2015, […]
US carmaker Tesla apparently fears a slump in its sales figures on the Chinese market. The company is working feverishly to avoid completely squandering its reputation in the country. Its sales had more than doubled in the People’s Republic last year – but now a dip is looming. The company has therefore recently become a […]
The Baltic Sea is not only attractive for holidaymakers. Its lure also reaches governments whose members have other plans there than to spend a few days relaxing on the coast. For the People’s Republic of China, the geographical location of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on the north-eastern edge of the European Union offers an attractive […]
The American electric car pioneer Tesla is also becoming increasingly familiar with the complicated relationship between foreign industry and the Chinese state. In recent months, the US company has had a tough time in the People’s Republic: recalls, customer complaints, subpoenas from authorities, media attacks – the entire program that so many other companies have […]
