It was a short announcement that crossed the ticker of the state news agency Xinhua earlier this week: “Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), on Monday presented certificates of order to promote the commander of the rocket force Wang Houbin and its political commissar Xu Xisheng to the rank of general.”What may […]
The results of your recent research on scientific and engineering cooperation between China and Germany are scary. How dangerous is it to cooperate with China?Well, it depends on the field, but in some fields, it’s pretty dangerous, for example hypersonics research.You mean hypersonic weapons? High-end missiles, which only a few countries possess, like Russia and […]
The results of your recent research on scientific and engineering cooperation between China and Germany are scary. How dangerous is it to cooperate with China?Well, it depends on the field, but in some fields, it’s pretty dangerous, for example hypersonics research.You mean hypersonic weapons? High-end missiles, which only a few countries possess like Russia and […]
A few days ago, the German Bielefeld University caused quite a stir: It plans to break new ground in the Chinese special economic zone of Hainan with the first independent foreign university in China.But Tim Gabel shows that even before teaching actually started, the euphoria has already faded – at least among political sponsors. In […]
The reports about China’s successes in space are impressive. Is the People’s Republic the new superpower in space?I personally think superpower is a bit too much. But the successes are indeed impressive. You have to note that China has already caught up with the US in some areas. Above all, China has positioned itself very […]
From a geopolitical perspective, Germany’s China strategy shines with clarity at the outset. “China is attempting to reshape the existing rule-based international order in various ways,” the introduction says. And paragraph 1.4 lists how Germany intends to meet this rivalry: Collectively in the European Union and NATO with the United States. The idea of a […]
Whether the Civil Aviation Organization, the International Telecommunication Union or the Food and Agriculture Organization – the UN’s sub-organizations lead a barely noticed existence in the Western public eye. China, on the other hand, puts a lot of money and personnel into these groups. And that is absolutely legitimate.But Marcel Grzanna shows in his analysis […]
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to China this week. On Monday, the US Treasury Department confirmed that Yellen will visit the People’s Republic from 6 to 9 July. Among other things, her talks will focus on global macroeconomic and financial developments.Yellen said she wanted to make clear that it was important for China […]
According to a media report, Russia has been importing drones from Chinese companies for months explicitly for use in the war in Ukraine. This is the finding of an investigation published by Asia Nikkei on Monday.The findings are particularly interesting given that the leadership in Beijing has so far publicly denied supplying equipment for the […]
China has passed a new legal basis for its foreign policy. The “Law on Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China” (中华人民共和国对外关系法) aims to strengthen China’s national and economic security. It consists of six chapters, was passed by the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress on Wednesday and will come into force […]
