You really have to envy a bird’s perspective on the world. This picture from December shows an observation tower in the Huanghai Forest Park – a large, ecological, artificially created area in the city of Dongtai in Jiangsu Province in eastern China. In the 1960s, a forest area of 2,500 hectares was created on a […]
The police have arrested a Chinese citizen on the premises of a German naval base in Kiel. According to Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), the public prosecutor is considering charges of espionage. Reportedly, the man was apprehended on Dec. 9 with a camera on the naval base. It is alleged that the detainee took security-sensitive photographs of […]
Today we are introducing you to a very special medium: the magazine Mang Mang, founded by Chinese exiles. The Chinese-language publication will appear for the third time in January and pursues noble goals. It aims to promote cohesion between Chinese exiles, strengthen the country’s civil society, and connect activists worldwide. This is not only a […]
The head of the Italian canning company Mutti is calling for industrial policy protection in the EU against non-transparent tomato imports from China. Company director Francesco Mutti told the news magazine Der Spiegel: “We should stop imports or impose import tariffs of 50, 60 percent on Chinese tomatoes – to protect local producers and also […]
In its draft election manifesto, the German far-right party AfD has anchored its call for closer relations with China. It states that relations with the People’s Republic must be geared towards Germany’s real political interests: “China is of paramount importance to Germany as a trading partner, both as a competitor and a partner.” The party […]
Due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the European Union is sanctioning Chinese companies for the first time. According to a press release from the EU Commission, the 15th sanctions package includes “one individual and two entities facilitating the circumvention of EU sanctions, and four entities supplying sensitive drone components and microelectronic component to […]
The Korean car manufacturer Hyundai and its Chinese partner BAIC Motor are countering a slump in sales in China with an investment worth billions. As BAIC announced on Wednesday, 1.1 billion US dollars are to flow into the joint venture Beijing Hyundai, which produces Hyundai brand vehicles in China. The sum is intended to help […]
The specter is returning: Beijing is considering devaluing its national currency, the renminbi, in the near future. This was reported by the Reuters news agency, which referred to several sources close to the Chinese central bank. Such a measure is reminiscent of the times when the USA accused China of massively manipulating its trade balance […]
The air is getting thinner and thinner for China’s ousted Minister of Agriculture and Party Secretary Tang Renjian. Following his dismissal from office in May and his expulsion from the Communist Party in November, he has now been officially arrested. The highest public prosecutor’s office accuses Tang of taking bribes in the performance of his […]
China’s state broadcasting authority NRTA has taken firm action against the distortion of classic films and TV dramas by artificial intelligence. The authority called on video platforms to ensure that corresponding deepfakes are deleted within a few days. The ByteDance subsidiary Douyin and its competitor Kuaishou Technologies are particularly affected.The NRTA plans to crack down […]
