On Monday, the German government announced further details of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s China visit. Scholz will set off on a several-day trip to the People’s Republic next Saturday and visit three Chinese cities:In Beijing, Transport Minister Volker Wissing, Agriculture Minister Cem Ozdemir and Environment Minister Steffi Lemke will join the talks with the Chinese government.Scholz […]
When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to China this weekend, he will probably find himself performing a precarious balancing act. After all, China is guilty of serious human rights violations. Rights and freedoms are being massively curtailed in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. On the other hand, China is also the world’s second-largest economy, which […]
The Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC has raised its US investments by additional billions of dollars to a total of 65 billion US dollars. This was announced by President Joe Biden’s economic policy advisor, Lael Brainard, on Monday.The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plans to use the money to build three cutting-edge plants in Phoenix, Arizona. These […]
It is a scenario that politics and business must consider: Donald Trump could be elected President of the United States in November. Most European capitals fear a possible Trump victory. Several experts are convinced that Trump would pose a greater threat to China than Biden.This seems plausible: Trump instigated the trade war with China. As […]
Until now, mainly foreign companies such as H&M and Dolce & Gabbana drew the ire of Chinese nationalists. Domestic businesses have now also become targets. But even Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the propaganda newspaper Global Times, which is not exactly innocent of nationalism, is worried about the accusations on the internet. As Fabian Peltsch […]
Following the widely criticized presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted in his victory speech the relations with China, especially with President Xi Jinping. “The relations between Russia and China are a stabilizing factor, while good personal relations between the leaders of the two nations allow to develop ties even further,” Putin said at his […]
The number of new marriages in China has risen again for the first time in many years. As the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced in Beijing on Monday, the number of marriages in 2023 was 12.4 percent higher than in the previous year. This halts a downward trend that has lasted for years. The number […]
Sebastian Richter has been Head of China Strategy & Business Development in Beijing for the BMW Group since the beginning of March. Richter was previously Manager for Global Plant Allocation at BMW in Munich.Alejandro Mendoza Herrera has been Test Manager at Cariad in Hefei since the beginning. He has been System Development Senior Specialist at […]
How dangerous is China for Western democracies?I think one should not frame the question in that way. If you look at what has shaken liberal democracies over the past decade, I see three main problems: First, the polarization of the political discussions. Second, the widespread rise of disinformation through social media. Third, we have a […]
Dominik Benzinger is the new Head of Risk Provisioning Calculation, Reporting, and portfolio Analytics at Mercedes. Until February, Benzinger was the Head of Financial Reporting AAP & China and IFRS Methods at Mercedes.Milad Jalal has been a strategic advisor at Volkswagen China Technology Company in Hefei since the beginning of the month. He was previously […]
