According to the Chinese Communist Party, it is its unwavering historical task, the common aspiration of all the sons and daughters of China, and the inevitable necessity. In other words, the solution to the Taiwan question. Beijing sees only one way to achieve this: Taiwan must be united with the mainland. Preferably peacefully.On Thursday, China’s […]
China plans to invest several billion euros in a copper and gold mine in eastern Serbia. This emerges from an agreement signed by the two countries over the weekend. According to the agreement, the Chinese state-owned company Zijin Mining will invest around 3.5 billion euros in a mine near the town of Bor. In addition, […]
The Speaker of the British Parliament announced on Monday that the government and parliament would closely investigate allegations of Chinese espionage. “I want to reassure members that the House follows the same vetting procedures as the government, that issues raised by media stories are being addressed, and that the security is working closely and effectively […]
The former CEO of Alibaba, Daniel Zhang, is leaving the Chinese tech company in a surprise move. Zhang was only replaced as head of Alibaba in June, but was supposed to remain a board member and focus primarily on the cloud computing division.The official departure was simple. “The board of our company expresses its deepest […]
The Japanese government’s decision to release treated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea is followed with concern by some countries in the region. In China, nationalists are using the process to stir up a new wave of anti-Japanese sentiment. The situation is so volatile that the Japanese embassy in Beijing […]
The visit of US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to China has started without complications. It is telling that this already must be chalked up as a success, given the strained relations between China and the US. Raimondo stressed in Beijing on Monday that maintaining stable economic relations is of utmost importance.Joern Petring lists the […]
China’s highest-ranking foreign politician did not mince words about the Japanese and South Koreans: “It doesn’t matter how much you dye your hair blonde, how sharp you make your nose, you’ll never become Europeans or Americans,” ranted Wang Yi at a trilateral conference with Japan and South Korea in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao. […]
Have you heard of the “full-time children” job? No? Then I recommend our analysis today on the difficult situation of young people in the Chinese job market. Employment contract extensions are abused to cut wages. While the youngest job seekers have problems finding a job at all.Gregor Koppenburg shows what grotesque phenomena this leads to […]
The assessment of the talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the Russian attack against Ukraine is surprisingly positive at the start of the week. Although the 40 states did not present a joint final declaration, many consider China’s participation in the negotiations a success.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls the attendance of China’s Special Envoy […]
A few days ago, the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences caused a real sensation: In the Chinese special economic zone Hainan, they want to break new ground with the first independent foreign university in China.But Tim Gabel shows that even before the actual start of teaching, the euphoria has already faded – at least among […]
