Automakers Volkswagen and Toyota have further lost ground in China. The market share of VW joint ventures FAW and SAIC shrank from 14.8 percent to 14.2 percent last year, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on Wednesday. Toyota’s Chinese joint ventures with GAC and FAW together accounted for a share of 7.9 percent, […]
China has urged the US to halt the arming of Taiwan. In the Taiwan issue, no compromise is possible, the Ministry of Defense in Beijing stated on Wednesday. Earlier, representatives of the defense ministries of China and the United States had met for a two-day working session.In Washington, Deputy US Defense Secretary Michael Chase met […]
China’s military appears to be in a desolate state – at least some important units of the People’s Liberation Army such as the important Rocket Forces. This is revealed by new findings from the US intelligence services, quoted by Bloomberg. According to the report, US intelligence has discovered, among other things, that the tanks of […]
Tinian is probably best known to historians, not so much because the small island in the Pacific Ocean was once part of the colony of German New Guinea. Instead, because one of the worst chapters in human history started on this island in the Northern Mariana Islands. On 6 August 1945, the B-29 bomber “Enola […]
Dong Jun has been appointed the new defense minister of the People’s Republic of China. According to the state news agency Xinhua, President Xi Jinping approved the appointment last Friday.The post had been vacant for months after General Li Shangfu was ousted as defense minister in September. The promotion of Admiral Dong thus fills the […]
On Monday, Taiwan announced that it had detected two Chinese balloons. According to the Ministry of Defense, the balloons had crossed the Taiwan Strait and were spotted on Sunday about 110 nautical miles (204 kilometers) northwest of the city of Keelung.China has been running a large balloon program since 2019. It is part of the […]
At the start of the week, North Korea tested two ballistic missiles within a few hours. While the West reacted with harsh criticism, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi demonstratively backed Kim Jong-un’s regime. The traditional friendship between China and North Korea is a “valuable asset for both sides,” Wang told North Korean Vice Foreign Minister […]
It only took a few days to show China’s power and impotence in dealing with its neighbor, Myanmar. Early last week, there was still relief in Beijing: The rebels of the Three Brotherhood Alliance (TBA) and Myanmar’s military junta met for negotiations. Beijing had organized the meeting between the two warring parties – and the […]
Two battles broke out in the South China Sea over the weekend: physically on the high seas and in the media for the prerogative of interpretation. The first part is quickly told. Philippine boats were intercepted by the Chinese Coast Guard on their way to the so-called Second Thomas Reef on the Spratly Islands. There […]
Alongside Brazil, Argentina is the most important player in South America. A fact the USA and China are aware of. Accordingly, the two world powers are courting the country intensively. For a long time, it seemed as if Beijing’s advances would be successful – China’s huge sales market and the substantial investments in infrastructure were […]
